Alexander Cuninghame (afterwards Dick)
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 7 November 1727
Alexander Cuninghame received his undergraduate degree from the University of Leiden on 31 August 1725 and his MD from the University of St Andrews on 23 January 1727. He was licensed to practise on 7 February 1727 and admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 7 November that same year.
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Also known as Alexander Dick. Cunninghame also recorded as Cunningham.
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John Stevenson
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 5 August 1729
John Stevenson received his undergraduate degree from the University of Harderwijk in June 1710 and his MD from the University of Glasgow on 21 March 1727. He was licensed to practise on 6 May 1729 and admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 5 August that same year. Stevenson was a member of the Edinburgh Philosophical Society in 1739.
John Taylor
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 4 August 1730
John Taylor received his medical degree from the University of St Andrews on 4 July 1727. He was licensed to practise on 5 August 1729 and admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 August 1730.
Charles Nisbet
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 4 February 1735
Charles Nisbet received his undergraduate degree from the University of Rheims on 20 July 1731 and his MD from the University of St Andrews on 2 October 1733. He was licensed to practise on 3 January 1734 and admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 4 February 1735.
John Pringle
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 4 February 1735
Sir John Pringle, first baronet, was born in 1707 in Roxburghshire. He studied at the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh, then attended Boerhaave's lectures at Leiden, graduating MD in 1730, followed by further study in Paris. On returning to Edinburgh he became joint professor of metaphysics and moral philosophy while practising medicine. In 1742 he was appointed physician to the army in Flanders and in 1744 physician-general, resigning his Edinburgh chair. Pringle moved to London in 1748 and continued in practice. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1745 and served as its president in 1772. He promoted the neutrality of military hospitals and published 'Observations on the Diseases of the Army' (1752). Pringle died in London in 1782.
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David Foulis
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 2 August 1737
David Foulis was born in Edinburghshire in 1710. He studied medicine in Edinburgh, Leiden, and Rheims, receiving his MD at Rheims in 1735. Foulis served as Physician to George Heriot's Hospital in Edinburgh from 1741 until his death in 1773.
James Baird
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 2 May 1738
James Baird was the son of James Baird of Chesterhall, the secretary to Lord Seafield, chancellor of Scotland. Baird received his undergraduate degree from the University of Rheims on 21 August 1733 and his MD from the University of St Andrews on 3 June 1737. He had studied under Boerhaave. Baird was licensed to practise on 21 June 1737 and admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 2 May 1738.
Robert Whytt
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 7 November 1738
Born in Edinburgh, Robert Whytt was the son of Robert Whytt of Bennochie, Fife. He studied medicine in Edinburgh for four years under Monro primus, then continued his studies in London, Paris, and Leiden. Whytt received an MD from Rheims in 1736 and an MD from St Andrews in 1737, became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1737, and a Fellow in 1738.
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Bernard Allen
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 2 November 1742
Bernard Allen received his medical qualification from the University of St Andrews on 11 May 1742. He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh on 2 November 1742.
David Cockburne
Fellow
Date of Fellowship admission: 30 August 1705
David Cockburne petitioned the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in April 1705, requesting that the College assess his qualifications and progress in medicine. Following a three-part examination held over three weeks, the College recommended him for the degree of Doctor of Medicine, which he received from the University of Edinburgh on 13 May 1705. Cockburne was the University's first candidate for this degree. He was licensed to practise on 29 June 1705.