Nasmyth, John

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Dates 1603-23
Location London
Vocation Surgeon
Place of Birth Scotland (Pooso, Peeblesshire?)
Marriage
Issue James, Anna, Elizabeth; Henry
Place of birth Source

Apprenticed to Gilbert Primrose, leading Edinburgh surgeon and admitted as master of the Incorporation of Surgeons (1588). Royal connections led to career as a royal surgeon and Nasmyth accompanied King James to London 1603. Appointed as royal herbalist with life tenure. Nasmyth died London but was buried in Edinburgh.