George Milligan
Scottish surgeon (died 1799)
About George Milligan
George Milligan was a British.
George Milligan (?–9 March 1799) was a Scottish surgeon.
From Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1753 Milligan became Surgeon to His Majesty's Troops in South Carolina and began practicing medicine in Charleston. He was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society in 1772.
Upon the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, he served as Surgeon of the Royal Garrison Battalion. A staunch loyalist and servant to the Crown, he reported that a mob harassed him and his wife, and ultimately forced them to escape Charleston in 1775.
He returned to Britain and died in Dumfries, Scotland.
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Scottish surgeon (died 1799)
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