Fisher, James ♂

Education

M.D. 21.1.1788 on testimonials signed by Andrew Duncan M.D. and James Hamilton M.D., Edinburgh.

Birth/childhood

Possibly born 10.1.1756 son of James Fisher, Dunkeld.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - medical student 1773-1776.

Hospital Mate Army Medical Service 1776. Garrison Mate, Quebec 1788. Surgeon to H.M. Garrison, Quebec. Surgeon Major 1783. Retired on half pay 1815. [Doctor]

Death

Died 26.6.1822 at Edinburgh according to one source and at Dunkeld according to another.

Sources

• W. Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army 1727-1898 (Aberdeen, 1917) 1048
• Monumental inscription, Dunkeld
• Blackwood’s Mag. 12 p130