Cheyne, George
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1701-1743 | ||
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| Location | London; Bath | ||
| Vocation | Physician | ||
| Place of Birth | Methlick | ||
| Marriage | Margaret Middleton | ||
| Issue | Frances; Margaret; John | ||
| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Associated with the Jacobite physician Archibald Pitcairne. Served briefly as a tutor in Edinburgh, but moved to London to practice medicine (1701). Returned to Scotland following a breakdown (1705), but moved back to London once he recovered (c.1715). Moved to Bath (1718). Practiced medicine there, while also publishing numerous medical and philosophical treatises.
