Background
HAY, Matthew was born on December 27, 1855 in Stirlingshire. Son of Matthew Hay, colliery owner.
HAY, Matthew was born on December 27, 1855 in Stirlingshire. Son of Matthew Hay, colliery owner.
Dollar Academy; Edinburgh, Glasgow, Strasburg, Berlin, and Munich Universities. Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery Edinburgh University, 1878, with 1st Class Honours. Doctor of Medicine with gold medal, 1881.
Ettles Prize, 1878, awarded to most distinguished graduate of the year in medicine. Goodsir Prize, 1881, awarded for best original monograph on an anatomical or physiological subject. Doctor of Medicine; Doctor of Laws (Edinburgh).
Formerly Demonstrator of Materia Medica, Edinburgh University, 1878-1883. Appointed Professor of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Johns Hopkins University, 1884, subsequently resigned. Professor of Forensic Medicine, Aberdeen University, since 1883.
Lieutenant-Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Forces. Honourable; Honourable.
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Ireland).