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William Watson Campbell
Fellow
Date of admission as Member: 1/May/1866
Date of Fellowship admission: 7/February/1871
William Watson Campbell was born in 1835 at Yetholm in the Scottish Borders, into a large family of physicians. He entered the University of Edinburgh intending to study divinity and join the United Presbyterian Church, but later transferred to medicine. He trained at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, obtaining his MD in 1862. In 1863 he returned to the Borders to assist in his father's practice at Duns and succeeded to the practice following his father's death in 1865. He also served as medical officer to the nearby village of Swinton. His publications include 'Report on cannabis indica', published in the Medical Times and Gazette in 1863, and 'On diphtheria', published in the Edinburgh Medical Journal in 1867. He died at Duns in 1897.
Year of medical qualification
1862
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.