own. To learning, worth, and genius such as thine, How vain the tribute monuments can pay! Thy name immortal with thy works shall shine, And live when frailer marble shall decay." Of considerable note, also written on the same stone, in this deserted churchyard of a town or village of which nothing else remains, lies the further inscription: "In Memory of George Armstrong,M.D.,1720-1789, Brother of John the Poet. Doctor George Armstrong is the Father of modern Paediatrics, and the Founder of the World's First Hospital for Sick Children. He died in London where he had given his life for the children of the poor" References The Border Magazine April 1926 Liddesdale:Historical and Descriptive, by John Byers, 1952 John McQueen and son, Galashiels Further reading External links 1709 births 1779 deaths 18th-century Scottish medical doctors 18th-century Scottish poets 18th-century Scottish writers Alumni of the University of Edinburgh British medical writers