John Graham MacDonald Burt

He was born on 3 March 1809, in Edinburgh as John Graham Burt. He added the name MacDonald upon marriage.

In the 1830s he is listed as a surgeon, living at 8 Bank Street in Edinburgh's Old Town.{{cite web|url=http://digital.nls.uk/directories/browse/pageturner.cfm?id=83399931&mode=transcription|title=(64) - Scottish Post Office Directories > Towns > Edinburgh > 1805-1834 - Post Office annual directory > 1832-1833 - Scottish Directories - National Library of Scotland|publisher=|accessdate=26 January 2017}}

In 1843 he was elected a member of the Aesculapian Club.{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Aesculapian Club|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fAEC%2f1&pos=2|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}} He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1845, his proposer being Robert Christison. In 1846 he was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh from 1863 to 1865. He died on 9 February 1868. He was buried in Dean Cemetery in western Edinburgh, against the north wall of the original cemetery (backing onto the northern Victorian extension), with his wife Susanna Louisa MacDonald (1820-1877).{{cite web| url=https://www.rse.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf|title=Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh - 1783 – 2002|last1=|first1=|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh |date=July 2006 |accessdate=25 January 2017}}

His son was Major Norman MacDonald Burt (1842-1886) of the Royal Artillery.

A bust of Burt by George MacCallum is held at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.{{cite web |title=Art Listing |url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/rcpe-art |website=www.rcpe.ac.uk |access-date=24 August 2021 |language=en |archive-date=5 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305144432/https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/rcpe-art |url-status=dead }}

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Category:1809 births

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Category:Medical doctors from Edinburgh

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Category:Scottish medical writers

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