Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001904 - Franklin, Henry (1787 - 1875)
Title:
Franklin, Henry (1787 - 1875)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001904
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-01-25
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Franklin, Henry (1787 - 1875), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Franklin, Henry
Date of Birth:
28 July 1787
Date of Death:
2 August 1875
Place of Death:
Folkestone, Kent, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
CB (Mil) 1850
MRCS February 5th 1813
FRCS (by election) August 26th 1844
BA Trinity College Dublin 1807
Details:
Born on July 28th, 1787. Entered the Army as Surgeon's Mate on the Hospital Staff not attached to a regiment on Aug 13th, 1808, and was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 27th Foot on June 29th, 1809, becoming Surgeon to the regiment on May 26th, 1814. He was placed on half pay on May 25th, 1816, and exchanged to the 37th Foot on full pay on June 5th, 1817. He was put on the Staff on November 19th, 1830, and was made Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals on January 14th, 1842, and Inspector-General on June 25th, 1847. He retired on half pay on July 19th, 1850, and died at Folkestone on August 2nd, 1875. He was one of the officers of the AMD on whom the CB (Mil) was bestowed for the first time in 1850.
Sources:
Johnston's *R.A.M.C. Roll*, No. 2965
Crawford's *History of the Indian Medical Service*, ii, 213
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001900-E001999
Media Type:
Unknown
