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Thomas Alexander Wise
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Dr '''Thomas Alexander Wise''' MD HEICS [[FRSE]] FRCS FRCPE (1802–1889) was a 19th-century Scottish physician, medical author, polymath and collector. He travelled in India, Tibet, China and Japan. He specialised in [[Tibet|Tibetan]] maps and artefacts.<ref>https://ift.tt/30XLSf3>
He was founder and first Pricipal of the [[Hooghly Mohsin College]] in 1834 and founder of the Hooghly Imambarah Hospital.
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==Life==
[[File:Abercromby Place 8-20, Edinburgh.JPG|thumb|300px|Abercromby Place in Edinburgh]]
He was born in or near [[Dundee]] on 13 June 1802 the second son of Thomas Wise of Hillbank in [[Forfarshire]]. His father had been a physician in [[Jamaica]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZJTpkb>
He studied Medicine at [[Edinburgh University]] graduating MD in 1824. He went to India with the [[Indian Medical Service]] and worked first in [[Dum Dum]]. This brought him closer to his two brothers alrerady in India: Josiah Patrick wise, a merchant, and an older brother serving in the [[East India Company]].<ref>https://ift.tt/311bho4>
He retired on health grounds in 1851 and returned to Scotland. In 1855 he was living at 17 Abercromby Place in [[New Town, Edinburgh|Edinburgh's New Town]].<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1855</ref> He also had property at [[Inchyra]] near Dundee.
In 1854 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposer was [[John Hughes Bennett]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He later moved to London and died in [[South Norwood|Norwood]] in [[London]] on 23 July 1889.<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZRwvYo> He is buried in [[West Norwood Cemetery]].<ref>https://ift.tt/30X2pzZ>
==Publications==
*''Commentary of the Hindu System of Medicine'' (1845 republished 1860)
*''Diseases of the Eye'' (1847)
*''Practical Remarks on Insanity in Bengal'' (1852)
*''Essay on the Pathology of the Blood'' (1858)
*''[[Cholera]], its Symptoms, Causes and Remedies'' (1864)
*''the History of Medicine'' (1867)
==Memorials==
A number of Wise's collections are held by the [[McManus Gallery]] in [[Dundee]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZJTpkb>
'''Thomas Wise Place''' near [[Ninewells Hospital]] in Dundee is named after him.
==Family==
He married Emily Isabella Disney (1812-1839). She was the neice of Col Prendergast, auditor-general of [[Madras]]. She died young and is buried in the Durch Cemetery in [[Chinsurah]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZGDeE7>
He secondly married Harriet Elizabeth Wise (1822-1881) who is buried with him.<ref>Inscription on the grave of Thomas Alexander Wise: west Norwood Cemetery</ref>
His son James Wise was a surgeon in [[Dacca]].
==References==
[[Category:1802 births]]
[[Category:1889 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Dundee]]
[[Category:Scottish physicians]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
He was founder and first Pricipal of the [[Hooghly Mohsin College]] in 1834 and founder of the Hooghly Imambarah Hospital.
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==Life==
[[File:Abercromby Place 8-20, Edinburgh.JPG|thumb|300px|Abercromby Place in Edinburgh]]
He was born in or near [[Dundee]] on 13 June 1802 the second son of Thomas Wise of Hillbank in [[Forfarshire]]. His father had been a physician in [[Jamaica]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZJTpkb>
He studied Medicine at [[Edinburgh University]] graduating MD in 1824. He went to India with the [[Indian Medical Service]] and worked first in [[Dum Dum]]. This brought him closer to his two brothers alrerady in India: Josiah Patrick wise, a merchant, and an older brother serving in the [[East India Company]].<ref>https://ift.tt/311bho4>
He retired on health grounds in 1851 and returned to Scotland. In 1855 he was living at 17 Abercromby Place in [[New Town, Edinburgh|Edinburgh's New Town]].<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1855</ref> He also had property at [[Inchyra]] near Dundee.
In 1854 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposer was [[John Hughes Bennett]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2)</ref>
He later moved to London and died in [[South Norwood|Norwood]] in [[London]] on 23 July 1889.<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZRwvYo> He is buried in [[West Norwood Cemetery]].<ref>https://ift.tt/30X2pzZ>
==Publications==
*''Commentary of the Hindu System of Medicine'' (1845 republished 1860)
*''Diseases of the Eye'' (1847)
*''Practical Remarks on Insanity in Bengal'' (1852)
*''Essay on the Pathology of the Blood'' (1858)
*''[[Cholera]], its Symptoms, Causes and Remedies'' (1864)
*''the History of Medicine'' (1867)
==Memorials==
A number of Wise's collections are held by the [[McManus Gallery]] in [[Dundee]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZJTpkb>
'''Thomas Wise Place''' near [[Ninewells Hospital]] in Dundee is named after him.
==Family==
He married Emily Isabella Disney (1812-1839). She was the neice of Col Prendergast, auditor-general of [[Madras]]. She died young and is buried in the Durch Cemetery in [[Chinsurah]].<ref>https://ift.tt/2ZGDeE7>
He secondly married Harriet Elizabeth Wise (1822-1881) who is buried with him.<ref>Inscription on the grave of Thomas Alexander Wise: west Norwood Cemetery</ref>
His son James Wise was a surgeon in [[Dacca]].
==References==
[[Category:1802 births]]
[[Category:1889 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Dundee]]
[[Category:Scottish physicians]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Edinburgh]]
[[Category:Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh]]
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