See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN GOODSIR (1814–1867)

GOODSIR (1814–1867)  , Scottish anatomist, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• ANSTRUTHER (locally pronounced Anster)

Anstruther, See also:

• FIFE
• FIFE (Fr. fifre; Med. Ger. Schweizerpfeiff, Feldpfeiff; Ital. ottavino)

Fife, on the loth of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1814, was the son of Dr See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• GOODSIR, JOHN (1814–1867)

Goodsir, and See also:

• GRANDSON (Ger. Grandsee)

grandson of Dr John Goodsir of Largo . He was educated at the See also:

• BURGH [BOURKE, BURKE]
• BURGH, HUBERT DE (d. 1243)

burgh and See also:

• GRAMMAR (from Lat. grammatica, sc. ars; Gr. ypaµ)

grammar-See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of his native See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place and at the university of St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews . In 183o he was apprenticed to a surgeon-dentist in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, where he studied See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy under See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• KNOX, HENRY (1750-1806)
• KNOX, JOHN (c. 1505–1572)
• KNOX, PHILANDER CHASE (1853– )

Knox, and in 1835 he joined his See also:

• FATHER

father in practice at Anstruther . Three years later he communicated to the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper on the pulps and sacs of the human See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth, his researches on the whole See also:

• PROCESS

process of dentition being at this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time distinguished by their completeness; and about the same date, on the nomination of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• FORBES
• FORBES, ALEXANDER PENROSE (1817-1875)
• FORBES, ARCHIBALD (1838-1900)
• FORBES, DAVID (1828--1876)
• FORBES, DUNCAN
• FORBES, EDWARD (1815—1854)
• FORBES, JAMES DAVID (1809—1868)
• FORBES, SIR JOHN (1787—1861)

Forbes, he was elected to the famous coterie called the " Universal See also:

• BROTHER

Brother-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood of the See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

Friends of Truth," which comprised artists, scholars, naturalists and others, whose relationship became a potent See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science . With Forbes he worked at marine See also:

• ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology, but human anatomy, See also:

• PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raBos, suffering)

pathology and See also:

• MORPHOLOGY, (Gr. yopdsil, form)

morphology formed his See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief study . In 184o he moved to Edinburgh, where in the following See also:

• YEAR

year he was appointed See also:

• CONSERVATOR (Lat. conservare, to preserve)

conservator of the museum of the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College of Surgeons, in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• MACGILLIVRAY, WILLIAM (1796-1852)

Macgillivray . Much of his reputation rested on his knowledge of the anatomy of tissues . In his lectures in the See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre of the college in 1842–1843 he evidenced the largeness of his observation of See also:

• CELL (from Lat. cella, probably from an Indo-European kal —seen in Lat. celare, to hide; another suggestion connects the word with Lat. cera, wax, taking the original meaning to refer to the honeycomb)

cell-See also:

• LIFE

life, both physiologically and pathologically, insisting on the importance of the cell as a centre of See also:

• NUTRITION

nutrition, and pointing out that the organism is subdivided into a number of departments . R . See also:

• VIRCHOW, RUDOLF (1821-1902)

Virchow recognized his indebtedness to these discoveries by dedicating his Cellular Pathologie to Goodsir, as " one of the earliest and most acute observers of cell-life." In 1843 Goodsir obtained the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• CURATOR (Lat. for " one who takes care," curare, to take care of)

curator in the university of Edinburgh; the following year he was appointed demonstrator of anatomy, and in 1845 curator of the entire museum . A year later he was elected to the See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of anatomy in the university, and devoted all his energies to anatomical See also:

• RESEARCH (O. Fr. recerche, from recercher, re- and cercer, mod. chercher, to search; Late Lat. circare, to go round in a circle, to explore)

research and teaching . Human myology was his strong point; no one had laboured harder at the dissecting-table; and he strongly emphasized the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of practice as a means of research .

He believed that anatomy, See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

physiology and pathology could never be properly advanced without daily See also:

• CONSIDERATION (from Lat. considerare, to look at closely, examine, generally taken to be from con-, and the base seen in sidus, sideris, a star, the word being supposed to be originally an astrological or astronomical term)

consideration and treatment of disease . In 1848 he became a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, and in the same year he joined the Highland and Agricultural Society, acting as chairman of the veterinary See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, and advising on strictly agricultural matters . In 1847 he delivered a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of systematic lectures on the See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative anatomy of the invertebrate; and, about this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period, as member of an aesthetic See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club, he wrote papers on the natural principles of beauty, the See also:

• AESTHETICS

aesthetics of the ugly, of See also:

• SMELL (connected etymologically with " smoulder " and " smoke ")

smell, the approbation or disapprobation of sounds, &c . Owing to the failing See also:

• HEALTH

health of See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

Professor Robert See also:

• JAMESON (or JAMESONE), GEORGE (c. 1587–1644)
• JAMESON, ANNA BROWNELL (1794-1860)
• JAMESON, LEANDER STARR (1853– )
• JAMESON, ROBERT (1774-1854)

Jameson, Goodsir was induced to deliver the course of lectures on natural See also:

• HISTORY

history during the summer of 1853 . The lectures were See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long remembered for their brilliancy, but the See also:

• INFINITE (from Lat. in, not, finis, end or limit; cf. findere, to deave)

infinite amount of thought and exertion which they cost See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke down the health of the lecturer . Goodsir, nevertheless, persevered in his labours, See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing in 1855 on organic See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity, in 1856 on morphological subjects, and afterwards on the structure of organized forms . His speculations in the latter domain gave See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth to his theory of a triangle as the mathematical figure upon which nature had built up both the organic and inorganic worlds, and he hoped to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete this triangle theory of formation and See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law as the greatest of his See also:

• WORKS

works . In his lectures on the See also:

• SKULL

skull .and See also:

• BRAIN (A.S. braegen)

brain he held the See also:

• DOCTRINE

doctrine that symmetry of brain had more to do with the higher faculties than bulk or See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . He died at Wardie, near Edinburgh, on the 6th of March 1867, in the same cottage in which his friend Edward Forbes died . His anatomical lectures were remarkable for their solid basis of fact; and no one in See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain took so wide a See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field for survey or marshalled so many facts for anatomical tabulation and See also:

• SYNTHESIS (Gr. a6vOeacs, from avvrcBivac, to put together)

synthesis . See Anatomical See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of John Goodsir, F.R.S., edited by W . See also:

• TURNER, CHARLES (1773–1857)
• TURNER, JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM (1775–1851)
• TURNER, NAT (1800-1831)
• TURNER, SHARON (1768-1847)
• TURNER, SIR JAMES (1615–1686)
• TURNER, WILLIAM (d. 1568)

Turner, with Memoir by H .

See also:

• LONSDALE, EARLS OF
• LONSDALE, WILLIAM (1994-1871)

Lonsdale (2 vols., Edinburgh, 1868), in which Goodsir's lectures, addresses and writings are epitomized; Proc . See also:

• ROY, WILLIAM (1726-1790)

Roy . See also:

• SOC

Soc. vol. iv . (1868) ; Trans . Bot . Soc . Edin. vol. ix . (1868) .