Cockburn, Alexander ♂
Education
M.D. 22.11.1794 on testimonial signed by J. Packwood M.D., London and personal acquaintance with Dr. Flint, Dr McCormick and Mr Hill..
Birth/childhood
Born 8.8.1739 son of William Cockburn, Duns and Barbara Home.
Career
Apprenticed to a surgeon in Kelso. [Surgeon]
Educated Edinburgh University - medical student 1758 - 1759, 1792. Also studied London.
Surgeon’s assistant in H.M. Dockyard, Plymouth for 7 months and during a voyage to the East Indies.
Death
Died at Grenada 8.11.1815.
Sources
- R. Cockburn, Records of the Cockburn family p275