John Witherspoon, Benjamin Rush, John Morgan, William Shippen, and 2 others

This bronze commemorative plaque records: This plaque commemorates the historical links between the Edinburgh Medical School and North America. During the years 1749 to 1799, 117 Americans received medical degrees in Edinburgh. They included John Morgan (1735-1789) founder of the Medical School of the college of Philadelphia and those doctors who joined him on the first Faculty William Shippen (1736-1808) Adam Kuhn (1741-1817) Benjamin Rush (1745-1813) Caspar Wistar (1761-1818). The Medical School of the college of Philadelphia was the first in North America. In Addition, Benjamin Rush and Dr John Witherspoon (1723-1794), Theologian from Edinburgh, were signatories of the American Declaration of Independence.

John Morgan, William Shippen, Adam Kuhn, Benjamin Rush, and Caspar Wistar were prominent American physicians educated in Edinburgh, pivotal in founding the first medical school in North America at the College of Philadelphia. John Witherspoon was a theologian and signatory of the American Declaration of Independence, also connected to these educational links between Edinburgh and early American institutions.