John Rutherford

(1695-1779)

NAME AUTHORITIES: NRA: Rutherford John (1695-1779) Professor of Medicine Edinburgh University DNB: Rutherford, John (1695-1779), physician LBT ID: JoRuthe1779	B/BAP: 1695-08-01 DIED: 1779
SOURCES: DNB
Scottish physician educated at the University of Edinburgh where he was professor of physic from 1726. He was Sir Walter Scott's maternal grandfather.
REFERENCES TO John Rutherford: Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter I Found 2: ¶ 9 ¶ 15 Chapter X 1819 Found 1: ¶ 6