Andrew Fyfe

Andrew Fyfe the elder (30 August 1752–Edinburgh, 31 March 1824) was a Scottish anatomist.

Life Fyfe was born in 1752, probably at Corstorphine, near Edinburgh, where he was baptized and where his father John Fyfe lived.

He was apprenticed toi become surgeon with Mr. Anderson. He took classes in medical subjects during several years at the University of Edinburgh, but did not take a degree. He also showed his talent as an artist in drawing and received a medal in 1775. In 1777 he was appointed 'dissector' to Monro secundus, professor of anatomy in Edinburgh University, in 1777: the post was joint with John Innes, but he died that year. For about forty years Fyfe superintended the dissections and gave demonstrations in the anatomical school under Alexander Monro secundus and later his son Alexander Monro tertius. Sir Astley Cooper, who attended his demonstrations in 1787-8, wrote: They had nine children, of whom three died in infancy. Four sons entered the medical profession. The chemist Andrew Fyfe (1792–1861) was his eldest son.