Bruce, David (London)

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Dates 1660s-1680s
Location London
Vocation Physician
Place of Birth Scotland
Marriage Rachel Hamilton
Issue
Place of birth Source W. Munck (ed.), The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 2 vols (London, 1878), i, 297-298

Educated at St Andrews, as well as numerous other institutions in Italy and France. Incorporated at Oxford, and admitted to the Royal College of Physicians of London (1660). Admitted to the Royal Society (1663), but expelled for non-involvement (1675). Worked for several years with his great-uncle, Wedderburn, John (London), as physician to the duke and duchess of York, but retired his post and settled in Edinburgh by mid-1680s.