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Peter Fairbairn
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 5/February/1833
Peter Fairbairn studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh from 1811 to 1817. He graduated MD in 1819 and published his dissertation 'Dissertatio medica inauguralis, de morbo coxario' in the same year. Fairbairn was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1833.
Year of medical qualification
2/August/1819
Type of medical qualification
MD
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.