William Cockburn ( 1669 - 1739 )

Birth: 1669 Death: November 1739 Burial: The middle aisle of Westminster Abbey, London Education: Edinburgh; MA (1688); Leyden (admitted 1691); King's College, Aberdeen; MD (1697) Career: Physician to the Fleet (c1694); created a secret remedy for dysentery, which he supplied to the Fleet and the Army on foreign service as well as private patients, thereby making his fortune; practised in London; Physician to Greenwich Hospital (1731) Memberships: LRCP (1694) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 30/11/1696 Council: 1703, 1705, 1707, 1709.