George Alexander Pirie

George Alexander Pirie (1863 – 27 October 1929) was a Scottish medical doctor and pioneering researcher in the use of X-rays in clinical medicine.

[3] In 1887 he started work at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary as a resident under Scottish physician Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, before moving to Dundee.

Pirie worked at the Dundee Royal Infirmary from 1896 to 1925, and was an early pioneer in the application of X-rays to clinical medicine.

[6] The Tayside Medical History Museum at the University of Dundee holds a number of examples of X-ray equipment used by Pirie, including early X-ray tubes, fluoroscope, his protective face mask and a bottle of mustard oil which Pirie used on his hands after they became damaged by radiation.

"[6] In 2007 the Scottish Radiological Society donated £3,000 towards a bronze plaque commemorating Pirie planned for on Dundee's Discovery Walk.