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Samuel Spalding
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 7/August/1787
Samuel Spalding received a degree from St Andrews in 1785 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1787. He appears to have practised in Devizes, Wiltshire, and may have been connected with the Spalding family of Holm House, Wigtownshire. He died about 1811.
Year of medical qualification
26/September/1785
Date of Licence
1/May/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.