Alexander Peddie FRSE FRCPE (3 June 1810 – 19 January 1907) was a Scottish physician and author. He was president of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1877 until 1879, and was co-founder of Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh.[1]
He was the son of James Peddie, born at Bristo Street in Edinburgh. He attended the school of William Lennie and Edinburgh High School. After four years as a bank clerk, he became an apprentice to the Edinburgh surgeon James Syme. He obtained an M.D. degree from University of Edinburgh in 1835.[2]
In 1846 Peddie was elected a member of the Harveian Society of Edinburgh and served as president in 1890.[3]
Peddie died at his home at 15 Rutland Street, in the West End of Edinburgh, on 19 January 1907.[4]