Stuart, Alexander
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1708-1709; 1712-1742 | ||
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| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Surgeon; physician | ||
| Place of Birth | Aberdeen | ||
| Marriage | Susannah | ||
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| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Graduated from King's College, Aberdeen (1691). Worked as ship's surgeon (1701-1707). Lived briefly in Ireland and London before studying medicine at Leiden. Graduated (1711), served British army in Flanders and set up a medical practice in London (1712). Elected to the Royal Society (1714). Named first physician to the Westminster Hospital (1719). Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of London (1720). Physician-in-ordinary to Queen Caroline (1726). Co-founded St George's Hospital (1733).
