Background
FERGUSON, John was born in 1854 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Adam Ferguson and Elizabeth Donaldson, both of Glasgow.
FERGUSON, John was born in 1854 in Glasgow, Scotland. Son of Adam Ferguson and Elizabeth Donaldson, both of Glasgow.
Studied at Walton Village Public School. Clinton Collegiate Institute. University of Toronto.
Edinburgh and London.
Master of Arts; Doctor of Medicine (Tor.). Licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons (Glas.).
Came to Ontario when very young. Was Demonstrator of Anatomy in Medical Department, Toronto University, for eleven years. Lectured on nervous diseases, and was for some years Examiner in Anatomy.
Took an active part in the organisation of the Excelsior Life Insurance Company, in the Ontario Publishing, Company in the Toronto Western Hospital, and of the Ontario Hospital Association.
Has been in medical practice for 25 years. President, Ontario Publishing Company.
Medical Referee, Excelsior Life Assurance Company. Medical Referee, Canadian Railway Accident Company.
Secretary, Ontario Hospital Association.
Chairman of the Finance and Insurance Committees of the Sons of Scotland Benevolent Association.; L. R.C.P. (Edinburgh), Senior Physician, Toronto Western Hospital. Editor, The Canada Lancet.
Spouse 1882, Helen Baird of Toronto.