Educated at the London Hospital and in Paris. He practised at Liverpool Place, Cheltenham, and was Surgeon to the Cheltenham Dispensary for Women and Children, and to the Coburg Lying-in Institution. He had retired from both these posts by 1847, while continuing in general practice. By 1885 he had retired from practice and lived at 24 Cambridge Road, Hammersmith, W. For some years he lectured on comparative anatomy at the London Hospital Medical College, but retired from this post before 1863. His death occurred at his residence, Coburg Cottage, Hammersmith, on December 3rd, 1866.