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Hunter Memorial

Benno Schotz (1891–1984)

Stuart Street, East Kilbride

Hunter Memorial
Hunter Memorial
Hunter Memorial
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A stone memorial tablet to brothers Doctor William Hunter and Doctor John Hunter who were born at Long Calderwood in 1718 and 1728 respectively. There is a relief carving of three figures: on the right is a naked pupil receiving instruction from his teacher, an old man who stands before him pointing to a page in an open book; on the left a female figure, semi-naked, reaches out for the Light of Knowledge. Between them is a bronze plaque with an inscription and at the base is another inscription. William left his specimens, books, manuscripts, coins, art, and ethnographical collection to the Glasgow University – what is now the Hunterian Museum. John left another vast collection to the Royal College of Surgeons in London.
Title

Hunter Memorial

Date

1937

Medium

sandstone & bronze

Accession number

G74_GB_S001

Work type

Monument

Work status

extant

Listing status

B (Scotland)

Unveiling date

28th July 1937

Listing date

13/06/02

Access

at all times

Inscription description

bronze plaque: TO THE MEMORY / OF THE HUNTER BROTHERS / WILLIAM HUNTER M.D.,F.R.S. / 1718-1783 / AND / JOHN HUNTER F.R.S. / 1728-1793 / THEY WERE BORN AT LONG CALDERWOOD / AND DIED IN LONDON AFTER ATTAINING / THE HIGHEST EMINENCE IN THE / SCIENCES OF MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY. / THEIR NAMES WILL BE HELD / IN REVERENT REMEMBRANCE / BY A GRATEFUL POSTERITY / TO ALL GENERATIONS. / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1937; base of monument: HUNTER MEMORIAL

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Located at

Stuart Street, East Kilbride

G74 4NG

Artist or maker

Benno Schotz

1891–1984

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