Nasmyth, John
From AngloScottish
| Dates | 1603-23 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | London | ||
| Vocation | Surgeon | ||
| Place of Birth | Scotland (Pooso, Peeblesshire?) | ||
| Marriage | |||
| Issue | James, Anna, Elizabeth; Henry | ||
| Place of birth | Source | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography |
Apprenticed to Gilbert Primrose, leading Edinburgh surgeon and admitted as master of the Incorporation of Surgeons (1588). Royal connections led to career as a royal surgeon and Nasmyth accompanied King James to London 1603. Appointed as royal herbalist with life tenure. Nasmyth died London but was buried in Edinburgh.
