Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E002159 - Hastings, Thomas (1819 - 1897)
Title:
Hastings, Thomas (1819 - 1897)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E002159
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-04-04
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Hastings, Thomas (1819 - 1897), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Hastings, Thomas
Date of Birth:
13 July 1819
Date of Death:
27 January 1897
Place of Death:
Brighton, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS June 5th 1840
FRCS (by election) July 9th 1857
Details:
Born on July 13th, 1819, entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on September 9th, 1842. He made observations on cholera in 1846. In 1851 he was Civil Assistant Surgeon in East Burdwan, and proposed without success to re-establish the lapsed *Bengal Medical Record*. He was promoted Surgeon on March 21st, 1857, and Surgeon Major on September 9th, 1862. He retired on January 1st, 1874, and died at Brighton on January 27th, 1897.
Sources:
Crawford's *History of the Indian Medical Service*, ii, 458
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
