Lachlan Grant

Lachlan Grant (1871 – 31 May 1945) was a British medical doctor, medical scientist, general practitioner and occupational physician. For more than 40 years, he worked in Ballachulish, a rural part of the Highlands in Scotland. Early life He was born in Johnstone in 1871, moving to Ballachulish when he was nine years of age and then educated at Ballachulish Public School. He studied medicine at University of Edinburgh Medical School, graduating with a B.M., C.M. (with distinction) in 1894 and then a M.D. in 1896, with a thesis on ophthalmic work. Medical career He returned to Ballachulish in the late 1890s. In 1900 he entered employment as medical officer for the workers at the Ballachulish Slate Quarries Company. The company tried to dismiss Grant in 1902 but the workers gathered and expressed their support for Grant. The workers stood by him and at the end of 1903 the directors of the company signed an agreement allowing him to return to his position. In 1930 he became the Medical Officer of Health for British Aluminium. He took a Diploma in Public Health in 1911.