John Wigan

Physician, Author

1696 – 1739

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Who was John Wigan?

Dr. John Wigan was a prominent British physician, poet and author of the early eighteenth century whose writings and translations were popular and widely referred to during the period. He served as principal of New Inn Hall at Oxford University between 1726 and 1732 and was physician of Westminster Hospital between 1733 and 1738. In 1738 he travelled to Jamaica with Edward Trelawny and died there a year later in December 1739.

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Born
Jan 31, 1696
Kensington
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Education
  • Westminster School
  • Christ Church, Oxford
Died
Dec 5, 1739
Spanish Town

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on July 23, 2013

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