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Patrick Baron Seton
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 5/February/1788
Patrick Baron Seton earned his MD from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis on paralysis. A member of the prominent Scotto-Swedish Seton family, he was born in Linlithgow but spent much of his life living outside Stockholm at the family seat of Ekolsund Castle. He died in Torquay, Devon, in 1837.
Year of medical qualification
12/September/1787
Date of Licence
6/November/1787
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.