Williamson, John

Education

M.D. 20.10.1813 on testimonials signed by William Wright M.D. and John Thatcher M.D., Edinburgh.

Birth/childhood

(Possibly baptised 16.3.1773 son of William Williamson, Halkirk and Margaret Sutherland.)

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - medical student 1790-1793 when he was from Caithness.

L.R.C.P.E. 2.11.1813. F.R.C.P.E. 1.2.1814.

Regimental Mate Army Medical Service 1794-1798. Practised in Jamaica 1798 - 1813. Hospital Mate 1813. Assistant surgeon Army Medical Service 1813. Apothecary 1824. Dismissed by court-martial 1825 in Jamaica, but died before sentence was confirmed. [Doctor]

Death

Died 9.4.1825.

Sources

  • W. Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army 1727-1898 (Aberdeen, 1917) 3573