Stone No.53
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Sacred to the memory of ALEXANDER BELL Esq F.R.C.S. London and upwards of 40 years surgeon in Dundee who died there on 22nd March 1852 aged 76 and ANNE RUTHVEN LEVEN his wife who died on 4th March 1850 aged 72 also of their children MARY ANNE who died 14th March 1813 aged 8 years MARGARET who died 11th March 1817 aged 7 years WILLIAM HENDRY who died 20th Nov 1820 aged 6 years ALEXANDER who died 11th July 1821 aged 13 years and DAVID coffee planter of Gallaha who died 26th Sept 1849 aged 32 years at Kandy Ceylon Erected by their surviving children MDCCCLIII 1853 Oct 18 $5.5/- paid by the trustees of the late Alexander Bell, surgeon for permission to erect a monument in place of his headstone. Source:Register of Tombs and Monuments in Dundee Burial Ground, 1832 IN FRONT OF ABOVE
Erected By ALEXANDER BELL surgeon in Dundee in memory of his children Viz MARY ANNE who died 11 Mar 1813 aged eight years MARGARET who died 11 Mar 1817 aged seven years and WILLIAM HENRY who died 20th Nov 1820 aged six years, also ALEXANDER who died July 1821 aged thirteen years
ALEXANDER BELL, M.R.C.S., London, was born in the year 1775 in Cupar-Fife. His professional studies were prosecuted at the University of Edinburgh, and completed at a later period in London, under the tuition of Sir Astley Cooper and Mr Saunders, the oculist. He served in Ireland, as surgeon and lieutenant in the 1st Regiment of Dundee Volunteers (Loyal Tay Fencibles), during the memorable rebellion of 1798, and until the regiment was disbanded. This took place in May 1802 ; and upon the occasion of the disbandment, Mr Bell, who then held the rank of Captain, was presented with an elegant silver cup by the members of his company, as a token of their regard for him during the five years they were under his command. Mr Bell then commenced private medical practice in the village of Errol ; and in 1807 he removed to Dundee, where his talents and zealous attention to his professional duties soon laid the foundation for an extensive and lucrative practice, which he enjoyed for the long period of forty-three years. Two years before his death, he was obliged to relinquish practice by an attack of paralysis. In general society, Mr Bell's frank and manly bearing made him a general favourite ; and to his numerous pupils and apprentices he endeared himself no less by the kind interest which he manifested in their professional education and prospects, than-by the excellent example which he set before them of what a professional man should be. As a surgeon and general practitioner, and consulting physician, he successively distinguished himself. For upwards of thirty years, he officiated as surgeon to the Dundee Infirmary : and by inmates and supporters of that institution, his services were gratefully received and thankfully acknowledged. Mr Bell died on March 28, 1852, in the 70th year of his age. Source 4
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