William Ferguson (also written as Fergusson)

Fellow

Date of Fellowship admission: 4/August/1812

William Ferguson was born on 19 June 1773, the son of James Ferguson of Ayr and Margaret Hutchison. He studied at the Universities of Edinburgh and St Andrews, gaining his MD in 1812. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in the same year. Ferguson was apprenticed to the Edinburgh surgeon James Russell and went on to a highly successful career as a military physician. He served as Assistant Army Surgeon in the West Indies in 1794, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals in 1805, and Inspector of Hospitals in Portugal from 1810 to 1812. From 1817 to 1821 he was in general practice in Edinburgh. From 1821 to 1843 he practised in Windsor, Berkshire, where he also served as surgeon to HRH the Duke of Gloucester. He died in Windsor on 2 January 1847.

Year of medical qualification

21/March/1812

Date of Licence

5/May/1812

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.