Blackrie, Alexander
| Dates | 1730s-1772 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Bromely | ||
| Vocation | Surgeon-Apothecary | ||
| Place of Birth | Aberdeen | ||
| Marriage | Ann | ||
| Issue | William; Elizabeth | ||
| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Baptized at church of St Nicholas in Aberdeen, son of William Blackrie and Isobel Fordyce. Educated at the local grammar and Marischal School in Aberdeen. Blackrie became the surgeon-general on the India Establishment (linked with East India Company) and was good friends with the director, John Hawkesworth of Bromley, Kent. This prompted Blackrie to move in 1730s where he continued to practice. In March 1761 Blackrie took on Samuel Saunders as an apprentice with the practice described as Alexander Blackrie & Co., suggesting an early example of a medical partnership. A dispute with Walter Chittick of Bath about the cure for renal calculi led to the publication of A disquisition on medicines that dissolve the stone. In which Dr. Chittick's secret is considered and discovered, published in 1766 with the second part appearing in 1771. Blackrie died on 29 May 1772 and was buried in St Peter & St Paul, Bromely.
