Cullen, William
1710-1790
William Cullen was born in Hamilton and studied at Edinburgh University. In 1740 he set up as a physician in Glasgow and lectured on medicine at the University there. He was greatly interested in chemistry and was convinced that it could benefit agricultural and industrial growth. In 1747 he was appointed lecturer in chemistry at Glasgow University. This was the first chemistry post in the whole United Kingdom. His academic output includes Institutions of Medicine (1772), Practice of Physic (1776-84) and Materia Medica (1789) which is mentioned in the testament dative.
Further reading: Doig, A. [et al], William Cullen and the eighteenth century medical world, (Edinburgh, 1993)
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