Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E002124 - Harris, Henry (1810 - 1895)
Title:
Harris, Henry (1810 - 1895)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002124
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-03-29
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Harris, Henry (1810 - 1895), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Harris, Henry
Date of Birth:
1810
Date of Death:
21 December 1895
Place of Death:
Cornwall, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS May 18th 1833
FRCS June 9th 1870
MD St Andrews 1871
LSA 1833
LLD St Andrews
Details:
Studied at Guy's, St Thomas's, and King's College Hospitals. He practised at Redruth, Cornwall, living at Trengweath Place and at Clarence Cottage, Porthtowan, Illogan. He was Surgeon to the Mines; Medical Officer to the Redruth Union Workhouse; Medical Officer to Gwennap and Stithians Districts; Public Vaccinator; Medical Assurance Referee; Certifying Factory Surgeon; and Medical Inspector of Army Recruits. As Surgeon to the Mines he presented a report to the Houses of Parliament on the "Sanitary State of Redruth". He was a member of the General Council of St Andrews University. After long confinement to his room, he died on December 21st, 1895, being then the oldest practitioner in Cornwall.
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/E002000-E002999/E002100-E002199
Media Type:
Unknown
