Munro, James
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1691-1752 | ||
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| Location | London; Oxford; Sunninghill, Berkshire | ||
| Vocation | Physician | ||
| Place of Birth | Scotland | ||
| Marriage | Elizabeth | ||
| Issue | John; Thomas; Marion; Ann; Elizabeth | ||
| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Moved to London as a child after his Jacobite father was forced to leave Scotland (1691). Educated at Oxford (1699-1709), after which he established a medical practice at Greenwich. Admitted Candidate (1728) and Fellow (1729) of the Royal College of Physicians of London. Physician to Bethlam ('Bedlam') asylum (1728-1752), in which position he gained a reputation as an expert on the treatment of insanity.
