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Alexander Monro (September 19, 1697 – July 10, 1767) was the founder of Edinburgh Medical School. To distinguish him as the first of three generations of physicians of the same name, he is known as primus.

Monro was born of Scots
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 parentage in London
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, and studied there, and at Paris
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 and Leiden
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Alexander Monro Primus
Alexander Monro (September 19, 1697 – July 10, 1767) was the founder of Edinburgh Medical School. To distinguish him as the first of three generations of physicians of the same name, he is known as primus.

Monro was born of Scots
Scottish people

The Scots people are a nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland.Historically, as an ethnic group, they emerged from an amalgamation of Celts, Picts, Gaels and Brythons....
 parentage in London
London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
, and studied there, and at Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
 and Leiden
Leiden

Media:Nl-Leiden.ogg is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland in the Netherlands and has 118,000 inhabitants. It forms a single urban area with Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten, Valkenburg, Rijnsburg and Katwijk, with 254,000 inhabitants....
. He was appointed lecturer on Anatomy
Anatomy

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 by the Surgeons' Company at Edinburgh
Edinburgh

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 in 1719; two years later he became professor, and in 1725 was admitted to the University
University of Edinburgh

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. He was a principal promoter and early clinical lecturer in the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

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, and continued his clinical work after resigning his chair to his son Alexander secundus
Alexander Monro (secundus)

Alexander Monro was a Scottish physician and medical educator. To distinguish him as the second of Alexander Monro, he is known as secundus....
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He wrote several medical works, and was a Fellow of the Royal Society
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