Adair, William

Education

M.A. and M.D. 25.6.1770 on testimonials signed by Colin Drummond M.D. and Gregory Grant M.D.

Birth/childhood

Born before 1735.

Career

Medical student Edinburgh University 1750-1752.

Surg. [Surgeon] 53rd Foot 1757, 21st Foot 1760. Surg. Staff [Surgeon Staff] W. Indies [West Indies]1762; garrison of St Phillips, Minorca 1763; half pay 1772. Surg. Major [Surgeon Major] garrison of Gibralter [Gibraltar]. [Doctor]

Death

Died before 30.7.1795.

Sources

  • W. Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army 1727-1898 (Aberdeen, 1917) 481
  • P.J. Wallis and R.V. Wallis, Eighteenth Century Medics (Newcastle, 1988)