Ronald Foote Robertson
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Ronald Foote Robertson {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|CBE}} PRCPE (27 December 1920–11 April 1991) was a 20th-century Scottish physician who served as president of the British Medical Association 1983/4 and president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh for the period 1976 to 1979. He was official Physician in Scotland to Queen Elizabeth II. He was affectionately known as Ronnie Robertson.
Life
He was born in Aberdeen on 27 December 1920, the son of Mary Foot and Thomas Robertson.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-175134|title=Robertson, Ronald Foote, (27 Dec. 1920–11 April 1991), Physician to the Queen in Scotland, 1977–85|date=1 December 2007|website=www.ukwhoswho.com|language=en|doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u175134|isbn=978-0-19-954089-1 |access-date=2019-02-02}} He was educated at Perth Academy, where he was dux, then studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MB ChB in 1945. He was a clinical tutor at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary and gained his doctorate (MD) in 1953.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/college-history/ronald-foote-robertson|title=Ronald Foote Robertson {{!}} Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|website=www.rcpe.ac.uk|date=8 February 2017 |access-date=2019-02-02}}{{Cite journal|last=Robertson|first=Ronald Foote|date=1953|title=Pleural effusion: a clinical and cytological study|hdl=1842/27288 |url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/27288|language=en}}
He was Consultant Physician at both the Deaconess and Leith Hospital then returned to Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, where he remained for the rest of his career. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1953 and in 1976 succeeded John Crofton as their President. He was succeeded in turn in 1979 by John Anderson Strong.
He served numerous senior medical roles and was the Queen's official physician for eight years, during which time he was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1980.London Gazette 5 January 1980 His less known roles include advisor to the Scottish Home and Health Department, to various life insurance companies and to the Merchant Company of Edinburgh.{{Cite web|url=http://munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk/Biography/Details/3809|title=Munks Roll Details for Ronald Foote Robertson|website=munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk|access-date=2019-02-03}}
In 1959 Robertson was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as President in 1986.{{Cite book|title=Minute Books of the Harveian Society|url=http://archives.rcpe.ac.uk/calmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=DEP%2fHAR%2f1%2f1%2f1&pos=17|location= Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh}} He was elected to the Aesculapian Club in 1969.{{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 died on 11 April 1991.
Family
Artistic Recognition
Publications
- Some Aspects of Neurology (1968)
- Liver Disease (1972)
References
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Category:Health professionals from Aberdeen
Category:People educated at Perth Academy
Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh
Category:Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Presidents of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
Category:20th-century Scottish medical doctors
Category:Office bearers of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh
Category:Members of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh
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