John BrandaneJohn Brandane (the pen name for Dr John MacIntyre) was arguably Scotland's best known resident dramatist in the 1920s before the emergence of that other great doctor/dramatist James Bridie (OH Mavor).He was born in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute on 14t August, 1869. His family moved to the Bridgeton area of Glasgow and as a boy he worked in a Glasgow cotton mill and between the ages of 15-27 was employed as a clerk in a warehouse. During his latter years in the warehouse he took up the study of medicine at Glasgow University. In 1901 he graduated and while specialising in surgery at Glasgow Royal Infirmary he met and became a friend of Bridie. Since he had not taken a holiday for six years, for the sake of his health he obtained his first medical post in a rural practice on the Island of Mull and remained there until 1908. Read More Read Less