Back to Physicians Database
William Rutherford
Fellow
Date of admission as Member: 1/February/1887
Date of Fellowship admission: 3/November/1891
William Rutherford was born in Cookstown, Ireland, in 1865. He trained at Queen's University of Ireland, winning several scholarships and prizes in medicine, surgery, midwifery, and medical jurisprudence. He became a Member of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1887 and was elected a Fellow in 1891. He practised for almost forty years in Ballinasloe, where he was active in local affairs and advocated for the introduction of a modern water supply. He served as Visiting and Consulting Physician to the Ballinasloe District Asylum and as Medical Officer to the Royal Irish Constabulary. He died in Ballinasloe in 1911.
Year of medical qualification
1871
Type of medical qualification
MD
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.