Edward Johnstone

(1757-1851)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Johnstone, Edward, 1757-1851 DNB: Johnstone, Edward (1757–1851), physician LBT ID: EdJohns1851 VIAF ID: 1374543 LOC ID: n82259157	B/BAP: 1757-09-26 DIED: 1851-09-04
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Educated at Kidderminster grammar school and Edinburgh University, he was a Birmingham physician for more than half a century; Sarah Siddons and Samuel Johnson were among his patients. The physician John Johnstone (1768-1836) was his brother.
REFERENCES TO Edward Johnstone: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch. XII. 1779-1786 Found 1: ¶ 27 Ch. XXIV. 1794-1800 Found 1: ¶ 13 Ch XI. 1816-1820 Found 1: ¶ 6