Adam Kuhn (1741-1817) was an American physician and naturalist, and one of the earliest professors of Medicine in a North American university. Kuhn was born in Germantown, son of German immigrant parents, went to Sweden and studied Medicine and Natural history 1761-1764 at Uppsala University, where he was probably the only American student of Carolus Linnaeus. He continued his studies at the University of Edinburgh, where he graduated as M.D. in 1767. Wikipedia
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