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Robert Steavenson
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 4 November 1783
Robert Steavenson received his MD from the University of Edinburgh with a thesis on the use of electricity in curing diseases. He practised in Berwick-upon-Tweed and later in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Year of medical qualification
24 June 1778
Date of Licence
5 August 1783
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.