John Boswell PRCPE (1710–1780) was a Scottish physician who was Treasurer and President of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. He lived at Boswell's Court in Edinburgh, which is named after him.
Dr John Boswell | |
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.jpg) portrait by William Millar | |
| Born | July 12, 1710 |
| Died | 15 May 1780 (aged 69) |
| Citizenship | British |
| Alma mater | Leiden University |
| Occupation | Physician |
He was the son of James Boswell, the seventh laird of Auchinleck. He studied medicine at Leiden University, graduating in 1736 with a thesis about amber. He was Treasurer of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from 1748 to 1763 with a break of two years at the end of 1756. He was elected President of the college in 1770.[1]
He died in 1780 and his nephew, the ninth laird and famous biographer James Boswell wrote, "He was a very good scholar, knew a great many things, had an elegant taste, and was very affectionate. But he had no conduct. His money was all gone; and do you know, he was not confined to one woman? He had a strange kind of religion. But, I flatter myself, he will be e'er long, if he is not already, in Heaven."[1]
References edit
- ^ a b William Hale-White (January 1930), "The Medical Boswells", Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, XXIII (3): 283, doi:10.1177/003591573002300324, S2CID 40152871
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