Robert Cochrane Buist

Robert Cochrane Buist (9 August 1860 – 5 February 1939) was a Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist.

Robert Cochrane Buist
Born	(1860-08-09)9 August 1860 Dundee, Scotland
Died	5 February 1939(1939-02-05) (aged 78) Dundee, Scotland
Education	High School of Dundee University of St Andrews Corpus Christi College, Cambridge University of Edinburgh
Occupations	Obstetrician Gynaecologist

Biography

Buist was born in Dundee, Scotland, and attended the High School of Dundee.^[1] He then studied mathematics at the University of St Andrews, graduating in 1881. He then studied for the mathematics tripos at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, graduating in 1883. Buist then began studying medicine at the University of Edinburgh.^[2] While a student at the university he founded and edited a small fortnightly student magazine, The Student, in 1887, which remains in publication.^[1][3][4] He also served as president of the students' representative council.^[2][1]

Buist worked as an assistant physician at the Royal Edinburgh Asylum before returning to Dundee to specialise in obstetrics.^[1][2] In 1901 he was appointed lecturer of clinical midwifery and gynaecology at the University of St Andrews.^[2] He was also an honorary obstetrician and gynaecologist to the Dundee Royal Infirmary and a consultant to the Perth Royal Infirmary.^[1]

He retired in 1925 and died 5 February 1939 in Dundee.^[1][2][5]

References

1. "R. C. Buist, M.D., LL.D., Consulting Gynaecologist, Dundee Royal Infirmary; Past Chairman, Central Midwives Board For Scotland". The British Medical Journal. 1 (4075): 304–305. 11 February 1939. ISSN 0007-1447. JSTOR 20302415 – via JSTOR.
2. Blair, J. S. G. (1990). "Robert Cochrane Buist". Ten Tayside Doctors. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press. pp. 59–65. ISBN 978-0-7073-0600-1 – via Internet Archive.
3. Holland, Thomas Henry (1933). "Introduction". In Turner, A. Logan (ed.). History of the University of Edinburgh, 1883-1933. Edinburgh University Press. pp. xiii–xxx.
4. "R. C. Buist, M.A., B.A., M.B., C.M." The Student. 10 May 1889. pp. 1–2.
5. R. W. T. (June 1939). "Robert Cochrane Buist". Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 46 (3): 579–581. doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.1939.tb05356.x. ISSN 1470-0328.