From the obituary notices of the Proceedings of the Royal Society, No. 158, 1875.

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    [From the Obituary Notices of the Proceedings of tue Royal Society, No. 158, 1875.] Dr. Robert Edmond Grant was the seventh son of Alexander Grant, i Esq., Writer to the Signet. He was born in his father’s house in Argyle Square, Edinburgh, on the 11th of November, 1793. His mother's maiden name was Jane Edmond. It appears, from a memorandum in “ Dr. Grant’s handwriting, that he was sent from home to be nursed, and saw little of either of his parents during his infancy and childhood. He had eight brothers and three sisters, all of whom died before him ; and as none of them left any children, Dr. Grant was the last survivor of his family. When about ten years old he was placed at the High School of Edin- burgh, where he continued for five years, under the tuition, successively, of Mr. Christison (afterwards Professor in the University), Dr. Carson, i and Dr. Adam, the Rector, author of the well-known work on Roman Antiquities. In 1808 his father died ; and in November of that year Dr. Grant became a student in the University of Edinburgh, attending the junior classes of Latin and Greek. In the following November he entered on his curriculum of medical study, and during its course : attended the several classes in the Faculty of Medicine under the Pro- fessors of that day. He also studied Natural History under Professor Jameson, and attended the lectures of some of the extra-academical teachers. After completing his course of medical study, he in 1814 took his Degree of Doctor of Medicine, and published his inaugural disser- tation, “ De Sanguinis Circuitu.” In the mean time he had obtained (in May 1814) the Diploma of the College of Surgeons. In November of the same year he was elected one of the Presidents of the Medical Society of Edinburgh, a place justly regarded as an honourable object of ambition among the young aspirants in the Medical School. Rather more than a year after taking his degree Dr. Grant went to the Continent, where he spent upwards of four years. During this time he visited various places of interest in France, Italy, and Germany, and made a pedestrian tour in Hungary; but his principal stay was in Paris, Rome, Leipsic, Dresden, Vienna, and Munich, on account, no doubt, of the varied opportunities for scientific study and general culture afforded by these foreign seats of science, art, and learning. He returned to Edinburgh in