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John Warroch Pursell
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 3/August/1813
John Warroch Pursell was born in 1780. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, gaining his MD in 1798. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1813 and died in 1834.
Year of medical qualification
12/September/1798
Date of Licence
2/March/1813
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.