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Article: John Morgan
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John Morgan
The American physician John Morgan (1735-1789) established the first medical department at a colonial college and was medical director of the Continental Army.
John Morgan, third son of a Welsh merchant, Evan Morgan, and Joanna Biles Morgan, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., on Oct. 16, 1735. Orphaned at 13, John attended West Nottingham School, became a medical apprentice to John Redman, and later became apothecary of the Pennsylvania Hospital. After completing requirements for the bachelor's
degree in 1756 at the College of Philadelphia, he participated in frontier warfare as surgeon for the Pennsylvania troops.
Between 1760 and 1763 Morgan studied with eminent physicians ...