John Morgan (physician)
(1735-1789)
Physician and professor in colonial Pennsylvania, United States
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John Morgan (June 10, 1735 – October 15, 1789), "founder of Public Medical Instruction in America," was co-founder of the Medical College at the University of Pennsylvania, the first medical school in Colonial America; and he served as the second "Chief physician & director general" of the Continental Army (an early name for the Surgeon General of the United States Army). He was an early member of the American Philosophical Society, elected in 1766, where he served as Curator from 1769-1770.
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10 June 1735 Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania
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15 October 1789 (aged 54)
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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