Dr Neil MacGillivray (MB ChB, MSc, PhD, FRCS Ed, FSA Scot)
Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow
Contact details
- Email: nmacgill@exseed.ed.ac.uk
Address
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School of History, Classics and Archaeology, William Robertson Wing, Teviot Place, Edinburgh EH8 9AG
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Background
After retiring from a career in surgery I completed an MSc and PhD in the Scottish History Department, University of Edinburgh. I now live on Skye and continue research on local, highland and medical history with several publications on these topics.
Responsibilities & affiliations
External appointments
Council member Scottish History Society
Useful Links
Research summary
Nineteenth century urban history with a strong medical bias; highland social and medical history with specific interests centred on Skye and Wester Ross.
Places:
- Scotland
Themes:
- Imperialism
- Medicine, Science & Technology
- Society
Periods:
- Nineteenth Century
Current research interests
Development of Fishing in Skye and wester Ross with emphasis on its effects on migration and emigration.Papers in Journal of Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, Bulletin of the Scottish Society for the History of Medicine, Scottish Local History Forum, Journal of Infection Control, Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness and awaiting publication in Journal of Medical Biography( jointly)