Sir Robert Christison, baronet

(1797-1882)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Christison, Robert, Sir, 1797-1882 NRA: Christison, Sir Robert (1797-1882), 1st Baronet toxicologist DNB: Christison, Sir Robert, first baronet (1797-1882), toxicologist and physician LBT ID: RoChris1882 VIAF ID: 13090852 LOC ID: n84804460	B/BAP: 1797-07-18 DIED: 1882-01-27
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Professor of medicine at Edinburgh University who specialized in toxicology and criminal law; he published Treatise on Poisons (1829).
REFERENCES TO Sir Robert Christison, baronet: William Empson to Samuel Rogers, 28 March 1850 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 1 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter VII. 1847-50.