Cockburn, William
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1694-1739 | ||
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| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Physician | ||
| Place of Birth | Scotland | ||
| Marriage | Mary de Banddissin; Mary Fielding | ||
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| Place of birth | Source | W. Munck (ed.), The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 2 vols (London, 1878), i, 507-509 |
Studied at Edinburgh and Leiden. Admitted Licentiate to the Royal College of Physicians of London (1694). Served as physician to the fleet (1690s). A voluminous writer, he published many works of medicine and philosophy. Developed a secret cure of dysentery, which he provided to the Royal Navy and which made his fabulously rich and sought-after. Appointed physician at the Greenwich hospital (1731).
