Drysdale, John

Education

M.A. and M.D. 13.8.1771 on testimonials signed by Henry Miller and John Gregory.

Birth/childhood

Born c. 1748.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - medical student 1765-1766, 1767-1769.

Served long in the Royal Navy then settled Kingston, Jamaica. [Naval officer]

Death

Died 1.4.1790 at Kirkcaldy.

Sources

  • Med. Reg. 1783
  • P.J. Wallis and R.V. Wallis, Eighteenth Century Medics (Newcastle, 1988)
  • Scots Magazine lii 205