Crawford, John ♂

Education

M.D. 4.7.1791 on testimonials signed by John Dobgilpin M.D., late physician to the Army and Matthias Gahagan M.D., Physician General to the Militia, Grenada.

Birth/childhood

Born in Northern Ireland 1739 brother of Adair Crawford M.D. of E.I.C.S. [Honourable East India Company's Service].

Career

Studied at Trinity College, Dublin - B.A. 1760.

In E.I.C.S. [Honourable East India Company's Service] 1767 afterwards physician in Demerara. Contributed to Medical Commentaries 1793. Went to Baltimore 1796. An early exponent of vaccination in America. [Soldier, doctor]

Death

Died or1813or 1817 at Baltimore [U.S.A.].

Sources

• R. W. Innes Smith, English speaking students of medicine at the University of Leyden (Edinburgh, 1932)
• P.J. Wallis and R.V. Wallis, Eighteenth Century Medics (Newcastle, 1988)