Education
University of Edinburgh.
physician Professor of Medicine
University of Edinburgh.
He was Chair and Professor of Medicine at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. From 1776 until his death in 1790 he was a physician-in-ordinary to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. Born in Edinburgh, the son of eminent physician and chemist William Cullen (1710-1790) and Anne Johnstone (d1786).
The family lived in Mint Close on The Canongate, home of the old Scottish Mint.
He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and then studied Medicine at University of Edinburgh graduating Doctor of Medicine in 1780. He died in Edinburgh on 11 October 1790.