MACDONALD, ROBERT GORDON (1854-1931) was born in Caithness, Scotland and educated at Aberdeen University. (L.F.P.S. Glasgow 1876; L.R.C.P. 1881; M.D. Brussels, 1895.) After some years as house surgeon in Glasgow hospital, and as a ship's surgeon, he arrived in Otago in 1882 and practised in Dunedin. He was a member of the City Council (1916-19). MacDonald was particularly interested in Scottish literature and the Gaelic society and was president of the Caledonian society and the Burns Club. He published in 1928 The Highlanders of Waipu. His death occurred on 14 Sep 1931.

Otago Daily Times, 16 Sep 1931.

Reference: Volume 2, page 6

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