| Administrative History | William Paine graduated BA from Harvard in 1768. By 1775 he was Army surgeon, and was awarded an M.D. by Marischal College, Aberdeen. He became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1781 and by 1784 was physician to the forces on the North American Station. |
| Description | Minutes as to degree of M.D, William Paine
Handwritten minute from the Royal College of Physicians London, Annals Vol XV p.4 et seq. 24 August 1781, 7 September 1781 and October 1781, copied for the University of Aberdeen in May 1899; Typed minute of the Senatus, 9 February 1901, regarding the 'alleged mistake in the record of graduation of Dr William Paine' [missed off the Rolls but supporting evidence shows that he did graduate]; Letter from the Senatus to P.J. Anderson, 14 February 1901; Printed extract from the Scottish Notes and Queries, April 1901, 'American-Aberdeen Graduates'. |