Education
University of Edinburgh. Royal High School.
University of Edinburgh. Royal High School.
He was among the first physicians to give a detailed description of exophthalmic goitre, currently known as Graves disease (previously called Basedow"s syndrome or Begbie"s disease). He is also related to the study of Dubini"s disease, the old name for myoclonic epidemic encephalitis. Begbie was born in Edinburgh, and educated at the High School and Edinburgh University (Doctor of Medicine 1821).
One of his instructors was John Abercrombie (1780–1844).
Later on, he also became Abercrombie"s assistant. In 1821, Begbie obtained his medical doctorate from the University of Edinburgh.
In 1822, he became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1827 he is listed as a Governor of the Dean Orphan Hospital
In 1847, he also became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, and became its president from 1854 up to 1856.
Foreign forty years, Begbie was a physician for the Scottish Widow’s Fund and Life Assurance Society.
Begbie died in Edinburgh and was interred at the New Calton Cemetery. Begbie"s son was Doctor James Warburton Begbie FRSE (1826-1876).
