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Asset Name:
E001224 - Colgate, Robert (1816 - 1904)
Title:
Colgate, Robert (1816 - 1904)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001224
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2011-06-07
Description:
Obituary for Colgate, Robert (1816 - 1904), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Colgate, Robert
Date of Birth:
1816
Date of Death:
19 March 1904
Place of Death:
Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS September 6th 1842

FRCS (by election) April 12th 1860

LSA 1842
Details:
Educated at Guy's Hospital. He first practised at East Grinstead, Sussex, but before 1855 he had removed to Eastbourne, where he continued throughout his life. He was appointed Medical Officer to the 1st District of the Eastbourne Union, and Admiralty Surgeon and Agent to the Eastbourne Division of Coastguard. A well-known and prominent citizen of Eastbourne, he was first President of the Eastbourne Medical Society, a Director of the Local Gas Company, and was interested in many public and philanthropic undertakings. He died at Eastbourne on March 19th, 1904. His son Henry Colgate succeeded him in practice.
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001200-E001299
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Unknown