military physician
John Morgan.
physician and professor in colonial Pennsylvania, United States (1735–1789)
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About John Morgan
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. He served as the second chief physician and 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 to 1770.
Everything about John Morgan →- Occupation
- military physician, university teacher, physician
- Position held
- Surgeon General of the United States Army
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 10, 1735
- Died
- October 15, 1789