John Morgan was born June 10, 1735 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; he died on October 15, 1789 in the same city. He was the son of Evan Morgan, a realtor and dealer in iron and hardware, and Joanna Biles Morgan. He married Mary Hopkinson in 1765 (they had no children). His education consisted of matriculation from Reverend Finley's Nottingham Academy; graduation with an A.B. degree from the College of Philadelphia in 1757; a medical apprenticeship with John Redman; studies in London and Edinburgh from 1760 through 1763, culminating with his taking the M.D. degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1763 (where he studied under William Hunter, the Munros, and William Cullen); and finally postgraduate studies in Paris and Italy from 1763 to 1765. In 1765 he returned to Philadelphia where he began his medical practice. In the same year he was appointed Professor of Theory and Practice of Physic at the College of Philadelphia. From 1775 on, he served...