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Biography
Robert Cranston Low FRSE FRCPE (1879–1949) was a Scottish physician and dermatologist. He served as President of the British Association of Dermatologists 1936–37.
Life
He was born at Bonarty Lodge on Polwarth Terrace in Edinburgh in 1879, the son of Thomas Low. He was educated at Merchiston Castle School then studied Medicine at Edinburgh University graduating MB ChB in 1902. He received his doctorate (MD) in 1924. He became Consultant Physician in the Skin Department of Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
In 1934 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were William Thomas Ritchie, James Hartley Ashworth, Thomas Jehu and Sir Ernest Maclagan Wedderburn.
He died on 3 February 1949 and is buried in Currie Churchyard south of Edinburgh.
Family
He married twice. In 1914 he married Evelyn Frances Henderson and in 1922 he married Alice Armstrong Grant.