Q:Facts: - death place: edinburgh , scotland - known for: teaching popular medical textbook '' first lines of the practice of at physic '' , scottish enlightenment figure and mentor to joseph the black edinburgh medical school , author of - caption: william cullen - death date: 5 february 1790 - field: medicine , chemistry , agriculture - notable students: joseph john morgan , george fordyce , william withering , john black haygarth , john moore , john brown , robert willan , , sir gilbert blane , john coakley lettsom benjamin rush , john walker , - birth date: 15 april 1710 - name: william cullen - nationality: scottish - image: william cullen.jpg - birth place: hamilton , lanarkshire , scotland - alma mater: university of glasgow university of edinburgh Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of william cullen .
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william cullen frs frse frcpe fpsg -lrb- ; 15 april 1710 -- 5 february 1790 -rrb- was a scottish physician , chemist and agriculturalist , and one of the most important professors at the edinburgh medical school , during its heyday as the leading center of medical education in the english-speaking world .cullen was also a central figure in the scottish enlightenment .he was david hume 's physician and friend , and on intimate terms with adam smith , lord kames -lrb- with whom he discussed theoretical and practical aspects of husbandry -rrb- , joseph black , john millar , and adam ferguson , among others .he was president of the royal college of physicians and surgeons of glasgow -lrb- 1746 -- 47 -rrb- , president of the royal college of physicians of edinburgh -lrb- 1773 -- 1775 -rrb- and first physician to the king in scotland -lrb- 1773 -- 1790 -rrb- .he was also , incidentally , one of the prime movers in obtaining a royal charter for the philosophical society of edinburgh , resulting in the formation of the royal society of edinburgh in 1783 .cullen was a beloved teacher , and many of his students became influential figures in their own right .his best-known students -- many of whom continued to correspond with him during his long life -- included -lrb- in addition to joseph black , who became his colleague -rrb- benjamin rush , a central figure in the founding of the united states of america ; john morgan , who founded the first medical school in the american colonies -lrb- the medical school at the college of philadelphia -rrb- ; william withering , the discoverer of digitalis ; sir gilbert blane , medical reformer of the royal navy ; and john coakley lettsom , the philanthropist and founder of the medical society of london .special mention must be made of cullen 's student-turned-opponent , john brown , who developed the medical system known as brunoniansm , which rivalled cullen 's .this was to have immense influence , especially in italy and germany , during the end of the eighteenth and...