1652 - 1713
Archibald Pitcairne Scottish Playwright
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| First Name |
Archibald
|
| Last Name |
Pitcairne
|
| Birthday |
30th November, 1651
|
| Died |
1713
|
| Nationality |
Scottish
|
| Occupation |
Playwright
|
Archibald Pitcairne or Pitcairn (25 December 1652 – 20 October 1713) was a Scottish physician. He was a physician and
poet who first
studied
law
at
Edinburgh
and
Paris graduating with an
M.A. from Edinburgh in
1671. He turned
his
attention
to
medicine,
and commenced
to
practise
in
Edinburgh,
around
1681. He was appointed professor of
physic
at
Leyden, in 1692,
resigning
his
chair.
On returning
to
Edinburgh,
however, around 1693, he was
suspected
of
being
at heart
an
atheist,
chiefly
on
account
of
his
mockery
of
the puritanical
strictness
of
the Presbyterian
church. He was the reputed
author
of
two
satirical
works,
'The
Assembly,
or Scotch
Reformation :
a
Comedy,'
1692,
and
Habel,
a
Satirical
Poem,'
1692. He
wrote
also
a
number
of
Latin verses.
He
was
one
of
the
most celebrated
physicians
of
his
time.
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