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William Butter
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 1 November 1763
William Butter was baptised in Orkney in 1726. He graduated MD at the University of Edinburgh in 1761 and later published on puerperal fever, whooping cough, fever and angina. Butter practised for some years in Derby before moving to London, where he died in 1805.
Year of medical qualification
16 September 1761
Date of Licence
2 August 1763
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.