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Henry Cullen
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 5 November 1782
Henry Cullen, son of Dr William Cullen, received his MD from the University of Edinburgh with a dissertation on the human body. In 1776 he became Physician-in-Ordinary to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, serving until his death in 1790 at the age of thirty-two.
Year of medical qualification
24 June 1780
Date of Licence
6 August 1782
Fellowship
The main qualification issued by the College, awarded regularly since the College’s foundation. This qualification was granted based on demonstrated breadth of experience and did not require an individual to pass a certain examination.