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William Lauder
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 29 November 1681
William Lauder was one of the original twenty-one Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh when it was incorporated by royal charter on 29 November 1681. He did not originally hold office and attended only one early College meeting, on 5 April 1682. His name does not appear again in the meeting minutes until September 1695. Lauder was born circa 1652 or 1653, and his name appears in the Leiden alumni register as having matriculated at the University of Leiden on 8 October 1674, aged twenty-two.
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.