Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet

Sir
John Pringle
Bt FRS
Portrait by Thomas Gainsborough, 1778
Born(1707-04-10)10 April 1707
Stitchel, Roxburgh, Scotland[1]
Died18 January 1782(1782-01-18) (aged 74)
London, England[1]
NationalityScottish
Alma materUniversity of St Andrews
University of Edinburgh
Known forAntiseptics
AwardsCopley Medal (1752)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysician
InstitutionsUniversity of Edinburgh
20th President of the Royal Society
In office
1772–1778
Preceded byJames Burrow
Succeeded byJoseph Banks

Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet Bt PRS (10 April 1707 – 18 January 1782) was a British physician who has been called the "father of military medicine" (although Ambroise Paré and Jonathan Letterman have also been accorded this sobriquet).

Arms of Sir John Pringle of London: Azure three escallops argent, a mullet of the last in the fess point for difference.
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