John Moultrie (1702-1771)

John Moultrie (1702-1771) was the father of John Moultrie (1729-1798), the first US-born graduate of Edinburgh University. Born in Culross, Fife, he qualified M.D. at Edinburgh University then served as a surgeon in the British Navy. In 1728, he emigrated to Charlestown, South Carolina, where he married twice and had five sons. He enjoyed success as both a general practitioner and an indigo planter. His son followed in his footsteps by graduating in Medicine from Edinbrgh in 1749.

His name is given as James Moultrie in some sources.

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.