Muir: Early Life & Education | sirmuir-septicaemia

Muir and his mother on their front door step

DC055/96: Note reads -'Sir Robert Muir (not then Sir) with his mother on the steps of their house, 30 Victoria Crescent.'

Muir's sister, Miss Anne D

DC055/114: Note from Professor Cappell "This is certainly Miss Anne D. Muir."

Sir Robert Muir

Early life and Education

Sir Robert Muir was born in 1864 in Balfour, Stirlingshire, a second child, with four sisters. A bright young man, brought up in an intellectual household, Muir would go on to contribute immeasurably to the field of medical science.

Muir began studying an Arts degree at the University of Edinburgh at the age of 16. Subjects included chemisty, logic, moral philosophy, English literature, Latin, Greek and mathematics. Muir excelled in academia and was awarded prizes in both chemistry and mathematics, he graduated as a Master of Arts in1884.

Having shown an aptitude for science, Muir began studying a medical degree at the age of 20. He graduated with a First Class Honours degree, and immediately went to work in the Pathology Department of the University of Edinburgh.

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