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John Ellison
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 5 August 1783
John Ellison received an MD from the University of St Andrews in 1782 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1783. He practised in Wakefield, Yorkshire, where he served as a governor of the grammar school. He died there in 1791.
Year of medical qualification
30 November 1782
Date of Licence
6 May 1783
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.