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William Moncrieffe
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 2/August/1791
William Moncrieffe was born in Perthshire in 1745, and earned an MD from the University of Edinburgh in 1766 with a dissertation on virulent gonorrhoea. After a short time in Abergavenny, he settled in Bristol, where he ran his own practice, and acted as a physician both at Bristol Royal Infirmary and at St Peter's Hospital workhouse. Moncrieffe's long career in Bristol and his personal opposition to apothecaries acting as physicians resulted in the profession's role within the city being reduced to fulfilling prescriptions. Moncrieffe died at his home in 1816, and is interred in Bristol Cathedral.
Year of medical qualification
12/September/1768
Type of medical qualification
MD
Date of Licence
1/June/1791
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.