William Pitcairn [SEP] occupation
William Pitcairn
William Pitcairn (9 May 1712– 25 November 1791) was a Scottish physician and botanist.
He was born in Dysart, Fife, the second son of the Revd David Pitcairn. He studied first at the University of Leiden and then at the University of Rheims, where he was awarded his MD. He then sent to England and obtained a second degree in medicine from Oxford University in 1749. 
He moved to London and became physician to St Bartholomew's Hospital. He became a Fellow of the
at St James Church, Manchester. his parents being John and Jenny HIGTON. John was a cotton spinner (which does seem an unlikely occupation for the father of a Cambridge Alumnus) (source: St James, Manchester parish registers).
William Nichols HIGTON, the son of John and Mary HIGTON, was born on 30 Sep 1798, and baptised on 17 Aug 1810 at St Mary's church, Newington, London (ref: St Mary's church, Newington parish registers). There does not appear to be