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| − | James Moultrie (1702-1771) was the father of [[John Moultrie (1729-1798)]], the first US-born graduate of Edinburgh University. | + | '''James Moultrie (1702-1771)''' was the father of [[John Moultrie (1729-1798)]], the first US-born graduate of Edinburgh University. Having studied at Edinburgh University's [[Medical School]], James Moultrie emigrated from Scotland to South Carolina where he was both a successful general practitioner and indigo planter. His son followed in his footsteps by graduating in [[Medicine]] from Edinburgh in 1749. |
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James Moultrie (1702-1771) was the father of John Moultrie (1729-1798), the first US-born graduate of Edinburgh University. Having studied at Edinburgh University's Medical School, James Moultrie emigrated from Scotland to South Carolina where he was both a successful general practitioner and indigo planter. His son followed in his footsteps by graduating in Medicine from Edinburgh in 1749.
Sources
- John Z. Bowers, 'The Influence of Edinburgh on American Medicine', in Medical Education and Medical Care: A Scottish-American Symposium, ed. Gordon McLachlan (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1977), pp. 1-23.
- 'Letters from a Colonial Student of Medicine in Edinburgh to his Parents in South Carolina, 1746-1749', University of Edinburgh Journal, 4 (1930-31), 270-74.
- J. B. Morrell, 'Medicine and Science in the Eighteenth Century', in Four Centuries: Edinburgh University Life, 1583-1983, ed. Gordon Donaldson (Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh Press, 1983), pp. 38-52.