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John Shoolbred FRSE (1766–1831) was a Scottish naval surgeon. He served as Secretary to the African Company of Merchants. He is associated with the very early widespread use of smallpox vaccine, used in India in the early 19th century. LifeHe was born in Auchtermuchty in Fife on 13 March 1766, the eldest son of James Shoolbred (1737–1818) of the East India Company, and his wife, Helen Stark (born 1743).[1] He studied Medicine at Edinburgh University. In 1789 he joined the East India Company as a surgeon. His position from 1790 to 1794 is unclear but in 1794 he became Assistant Surgeon in the Presidency National Hospital in Bengal. From 1804 he became involved in the campaign for widespread use of the newly created smallpox vaccination. Due to this involvement, in 1807 the President made him Superintendent General of Vaccine Inoculation in India, a highly responsible role. He was also placed as Superintendent of the Calcutta Native Hospital.[2] In 1819 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Thomas Allan, Thomas Charles Hope, and Henry Dewar.[2] He retired from the East India Company in 1821 and died in Cheltenham on 12 October 1831.[3] FamilyIn 1801 he married Lucy Rand in Calcutta. Their daughter, Helen Mary Shoolbred, married Admiral Norwich Duff.[1] Publications
References1. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://kittybrewster.com/ancestry/shoolbred.htm|author=Charles Hillman|website=kittybrewster.com|title=Shoolbred Genealogy|accessdate=2018-06-22}} {{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shoolbred, John}}{{Scotland-med-bio-stub}}2. ^1 {{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0 902 198 84 X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p52613.htm|website=thepeerage.com|title=Person Page|accessdate=2018-06-22}} 7 : 1766 births|1831 deaths|People from Auchtermuchty|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh|British East India Company Marine personnel|Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh|Naval surgeons |
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