Forbes, Alexander

Education

M.D. 13.12.1785 on testimonials signed by John Aitken M.D. and Andrew Duncan M.D., Edinburgh.

Birth/childhood

Born c. 1753.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University -medical student 1774-1775 and 1778-1779.

Practised Brigg, Lincs. [Brigg, Lincolnshire] from c. 1781 and later moved to Hull. [Doctor]

Death

Died 5.2.1823 aged 70.

Sources

  • P.J. Wallis and R.V. Wallis, Eighteenth Century Medics (Newcastle, 1988)
  • Gentleman's Magazine 1823 i 479