John Shoolbred FRSE (13 March 1766 – 12 October 1831) was a Scottish naval surgeon.
[1] His uncle, also John Shoolbred (1740-1802) served as Secretary to the African Company of Merchants.
His position from 1790 to 1794 is unclear but in 1794 he became Assistant Surgeon in the Presidency National Hospital in Bengal.
Due to this involvement, in 1807 the President made him Superintendent General of Vaccine Inoculation in India, a highly responsible role.
Their daughter, Helen Mary Shoolbred, married Admiral Norwich Duff.