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Robert Kerr (20 October 1757 - 11 October 1813) was a Scottish surgeon, writer on scientific and other subjects, and translator.

Life

Kerr was born in 1757 in Bughtridge, Roxburghshire, the son of James Kerr, a jeweller, who served as MP for Edinburgh 1747-1754, and his wife Elizabeth. He was sent to the High School in Edinburgh.

He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh

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