More than a century after the death of Robert Halliday Gunning, a large number of lectureships and prizes bearing his name continue to be awarded by scientific bodies and learned institutions in Scotland. Most of these awards were endowed in HM Queen Victoria s Jubilee year (1887–88) and bear the additional qualification ‘Victoria Jubilee’. An account of the life of Robert Gunning and his various endowments is complemented by an analysis of the factors which determined the nature of his benefactions.
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Dumfries & Galloway Courier1848; Dec. 19.
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Minute Book, Board of Directors of Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary1899; July 10.
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Edinburgh Directory1848–1849.
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GunningRH, On the Physiological Action of Chloroform, Mon J Med Sci1848; 47–49.
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David Watson Stevenson s bust of Adam Smith was presented to the National Wallace Monument in Stirling in 1899; Amelia Hill s sculpture of Thomas Carlyle stands in Carlyle s house at Ecclefechan.
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Edinburgh University Calendar 1889–90; 251 and 520.
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Medical Directory 1878.
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GunningRH. Memorandum on the Railways to Emperor Dom Pedro II 1872.
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Dumfries & Galloway Standard1900; March 28.
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The Imperial Order of the Rose was instituted by Emperor Dom Pedro I in 1829 and awarded in six different classes, in descending order Grand Cross, Grand Dignitary, Dignitary, Commander, Officer and Knight. Of 15,334 honours bestowed between 1829 and 1889, no fewer than 13,188 were conferred in the two lower classes. RHG was one of only 84 to be designated Grand Dignitary during a period of 60 years.
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Proc Soc Antiqu Scot1889–90; xxiv: 510.
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Proc Soc Antiqu Scot1892–93; xxvii: 347.
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Proc Soc Antiqu Scot1899–1900; xxxiv: 139.
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Minute Book, Board of Directors of Dumfries & Galloway Royal Infirmary, 1900; Dec 3.
