Samuel Benion (1673–1708) born in
Whixall, Shropshire in 1696 became the first
medical doctor
A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...
from
Glasgow University.
References
1673 births
1708 deaths
18th-century English medical doctors
Alumni of the University of Glasgow
People from Shropshire
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