Hugh Gillan (died 19 May 1798) was a Scottish physician. He was born in Scotland, and became a doctor of medicine of University of Edinburgh in 1786.Hugh Gillan entry on the Royal College of Physicians website He joined the 1793 Macartney Embassy to China as a physician. The embassy was led by George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney.
Honors Gillan was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in 1795, and became a fellow of the Royal Society in the same year.Hugh Gillan entry on the Royal Society website
References
Further reading Gillan, Hugh. 'Mr Gillan's Observations on the State of Medicine, Surgery, and Chemistry in China', in J. L. Cranmer-Byng (ed.), An Embassy to China: Being the Journal kept by Lord Macartney During his Embassy to the Emperor Ch'ien-lung 1793-1794 (London, 1962), 279–90.