Sibbald, Robert
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1662 and 1680s | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Physician; geographer | ||
| Place of Birth | Edinburgh | ||
| Marriage | Anna Lowes; Anna Orrack | ||
| Issue | Katherine; Elizabeth; Elizabeth; Euphame; Jean | ||
| Place of birth | Source | W. Munck (ed.), The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 2 vols (London, 1878), i, 439-441 |
Widely famous as a philosopher and geographer in Edinburgh, as well as co-founder of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1681). Resided briefly in London (1662), and more lengthily in the mid- to late-1680s, when a brief conversion to Roman Catholicism forced him to leave Scotland. Physician to James VII. Admitted Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (1686).
