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John Munro
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 7 January 1704
John Munro was the third son of Sir Alexander Munro of Bearcrofts, Commissary of Stirling. He was initially apprenticed to the Edinburgh surgeon William Borthwick of Pilmuir from April 1687, and later studied in Padua and Leiden, where he was a pupil of Archibald Pitcairne. Munro served in the army under William of Orange and, after resigning his commission, joined the Incorporation of Surgeons, becoming Deacon in 1712. He received his medical degree from the University of Aberdeen on 17 November 1691 and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 7 January 1704. Munro is credited with playing a central role in the founding of the University of Edinburgh Medical School and in creating a medical seminary in Scotland.
Other Information
Also recorded as John Monro.
Year of medical qualification
17 November 1691
Date of Licence
7 January 1704
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.