John Cumming

Fellow

Date of admission as Member: 1/May/1900

Date of Fellowship admission: 5/May/1903

John Cumming was born circa 1864. He was educated at Portsoy Public School, Aberdeenshire, before beginning his medical training at the University of Edinburgh in 1893. He was admitted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1900 and elected a Fellow in 1903. During the First World War he served as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps.

Year of medical qualification

1892

Type of medical qualification

Licentiate Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh

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.