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John Gregson Harrison
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 4/November/1845
John Gregson Harrison received his medical degree from the University of Giessen on 6 June 1842. He served as surgical superintendent of the North Division of the London and North Western Railway Company for Sheffield and Lincolnshire, house surgeon to the Manchester Workhouse and medical inspector of factories. Harrison became a Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries of London in 1828, a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1829 and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 November 1845.
Year of medical qualification
6/June/1842
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.