James Macaulay

James Macaulay (22 May 1817 – 18 June 1902) was a Scottish medical man, journalist and author, best known as an anti-vivisectionist and periodical editor.

Career

Born in Edinburgh on 22 May 1817, he was the eldest son of the physician Alexander Macaulay (1783–1868). He was educated at Edinburgh Academy. He then went to Edinburgh University, where after taking the arts course, he took up medicine.

With his fellow-student and lifelong friend Edward Forbes, Macaulay went to Paris in 1837-8, and witnessed François Magendie's experiments on animals; he became an opponent of vivisection. He graduated both M.A. and M.D. at Edinburgh in 1838. He was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh on 7 July 1862.