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James Halket
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 29 November 1681
James Halket was one of the original twenty-one Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh when it was incorporated by royal charter on 29 November 1681. Halket received his medical degree from the University of Leiden in 1675. Within four years of the College's establishment, Halket was appointed by the Edinburgh Town Council to be Professor of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, alongside Robert Sibbald and Archibald Pitcairne. He also took part in examining the first candidate to receive the degree of MD in 1705.
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.