Zabdiel Boylstone ( 1679 - 1766 )

Birth: 09 March 1679 Death: 01 March 1766 Burial: The old cemetery, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA Profession: Physician Education: Trained under his father and Dr John Cutter of Boston Career: Practised in Boston; on the advice of Cotton Mather (FRS 1713) introduced inoculation for smallpox to America, which, although successful, engendered riots in which the houses of both men were attacked; visited London at the invitation of Sir Hans Sloane (FRS 1685) (1724-1726); after retiring from practice he took to breeding horses on his farm in Brookline Membership: Fellow Election Date: 7/07/1726.