What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: John Goodsir FRS 1814-1867 anatomist lived here until 1840. At the College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, he studied and lectured on cell life Recorded plaque organisation: Anstruther Improvements Association.
John Goodsir FRS FRSE MWS was a prominent anatomist who significantly advanced the study of cellular biology in the mid-19th century at the College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. His work on cell life contributed fundamentally to the development of modern histology and pathology.
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