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==Life== [[File:The 4th Earl of Selkirk's house on Hyndford's Close in Edinburgh.png|thumb|The 4th Earl of Selkirk's house on Hyndford's Close in Edinburgh, later owned by Daniel Rutherford]] Rutherford was born on 3 November 1749, the son of Anne Mackay and [[John Rutherford (physician)|Professor John Rutherford]] (1695β1779). He began college at the age of 16 at [[Mundell's School]] on the [[West Bow]] close to his family home, and then studied medicine under [[William Cullen]] and [[Joseph Black]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/art/rutherford-daniel-1749-1819|title=Rutherford, Daniel (1749 - 1819)|date=14 January 2015|access-date=9 May 2018|archive-date=3 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103185032/https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/heritage/art/rutherford-daniel-1749-1819|url-status=dead}}</ref> graduating with a doctorate (MD) in 1772. From 1775 to 1786 he practiced as a physician in Edinburgh. On 12 April 1782 Rutherford was one of the founding members of the [[Harveian Society of Edinburgh]] and served as President in 1787.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ww4e59xv|title= A Record of the Edinburgh Harveian Society|last=Watson Wemyss|first=Herbert Lindesay|publisher=T&A Constable, Edinburgh|year=1933|language=en}}</ref> In 1783 he was a joint founder of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783β2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|page=812|access-date=9 May 2018|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1784 he was elected a member of the [[Aesculapian Club]].<ref>{{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}}</ref> At this time he lived at Hyndford Close on the [[Royal Mile]]<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1784</ref> a house he (or his father) had purchased from [[Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk]] He was a professor of [[botany]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]] and the 5th [[Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh]] from 1786 to 1819. He was president of the [[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh]] from 1796 to 1798.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rcpe.ac.uk/library-archives/sibbald-library-blog/college-fellows-curing-scurvy-and-discovering-nitrogen|title=College Fellows: curing scurvy and discovering nitrogen|date=14 November 2014|publisher= Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh|access-date= 4 November 2015}}</ref> His pupils included [[Thomas Brown of Lanfine and Waterhaughs]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/john/huntmin/Lanfine.htm |title=Thomas Brown of Lanfine and Waterhaughs |access-date=14 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514042814/http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/john/huntmin/Lanfine.htm |archive-date=14 May 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Around 1805 he moved from Hyndfords Close to a newly built townhouse at 20 Picardy Place at the top of [[Leith Walk]], where he lived for the rest of his life.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1818</ref> He died suddenly in Edinburgh on 15 November 1819. His sister died two days later and the second sister (Scott's mother) only seven days after the latter.<ref>Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.274</ref>
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