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== Early Life ==

Physician and botanist, Daniel Rutherford was born in Edinburgh on 3 November 1749. He was the son of Professor [[John Rutherford (1695-1779)]]. He was educated first at home and then in England, and then studied at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. He graduated with the degree of M.A. then began a course of medical study under [[William Cullen (1710-1790)]] and [[Joseph Black (1728-1799)]], obtaining his M.D. in 1772 through a dissertation entitled De aere fixo dicto aut Mephitico.

This work established a distinction between carbonic acid gas and nitrogen, and paralleled the work being done at the same time by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). On the publication of his paper and on the completion of his university study, Rutherford travelled in England, France and Italy, and then in 1775 returned to Edinburgh where he began to practise.

== Rutherford in Edinburgh ==

He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1776, and a Fellow in 1777, and was President between 1796 and 1798. Previously, in 1786, he succeeded [[John Hope]] as Professor of [[Botany]] at Edinburgh University, and Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden in the city (then sited at the top of Leith Walk).

Rutherford had also been nominated a member of the [[Faculty of Medicine]] and had connections with the Royal Infirmary as a Clinical Professor. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and also of the Linnean Society. He died on 15 November 1819.

== Publications ==

In addition to ''De aere fixo dicto aut Mephitico'' (1772), he published a paper containing ''A description of an improved thermometer'' in Volume 3 of the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, and ''Characteres generum plantarum ex systemate vegetabilium Linnaei et Horto Kewensi praecipue excerpti'' (1793).

== Relationships ==

*Son of Professor [[John Rutherford (1695-1779)]].
*Maternal uncle of [[Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)]].

[[Category:Academics|Rutherford, Daniel]]

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 == Early Life ==
-Physician and botanist, Daniel Rutherford was born in Edinburgh on 3 November 1749. He was the son of Professor [[John Rutherford (1695-1779)]]. He was educated first at home and then in England, and then studied at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. He graduated with the degree of M.A. then began a course of medical study under [[William Cullen (1710-1790)]] and [[Joseph Black (1728-1799)]], obtaining his M.D. in 1772 through a dissertation entitled De aere fixo dicto aut Mephitico.
+Physician and botanist, Daniel Rutherford was born in Edinburgh on 3 November 1749. He was educated first at home and then in England, and then studied at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. He graduated with the degree of M.A. then began a course of medical study under [[William Cullen (1710-1790)]] and [[Joseph Black (1728-1799)]], obtaining his M.D. in 1772 through a dissertation entitled De aere fixo dicto aut Mephitico.
 This work established a distinction between carbonic acid gas and nitrogen, and paralleled the work being done at the same time by Joseph Priestley (1733-1804). On the publication of his paper and on the completion of his university study, Rutherford travelled in England, France and Italy, and then in 1775 returned to Edinburgh where he began to practise.

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 == Rutherford in Edinburgh ==
-He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1776, and a Fellow in 1777, and was President between 1796 and 1798. Previously, in 1786, he succeeded [[John Hope]] as Professor of [[Botany]] at Edinburgh University, and Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden in the city (then sited at the top of Leith Walk).
+He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1776, and a Fellow in 1777, and was President between 1796 and 1798. Previously, in 1786, he succeeded [[John Hope (1725-1786)]] as Professor of [[Botany]] at Edinburgh University, and Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden in the city (then sited at the top of Leith Walk).
 Rutherford had also been nominated a member of the [[Faculty of Medicine]] and had connections with the Royal Infirmary as a Clinical Professor. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and also of the Linnean Society. He died on 15 November 1819.