Founded in 1718 as the Regius Chair of Anatomy and Botany the province of the chair was restricted to
anatomy in 1818 when the
Regius Chair of Botany was founded.
Regius Professors of Anatomy and Botany/Regius Professors of Anatomy
Thomas Brisbane, MD (1720)
Robert Hamilton, MD (1742)
Joseph Black, MD (1756), Later Professor of the Practice of Medicine