Practised in Bedford Street, Bedford Row, and died apparently in 1897 or 1898. **See below for an expanded version of the published obituary uploaded 9 June 2022:** William Farman was a surgeon and coroner who practised in Hobart, Tasmania. He was born in England and practised in Bedford Street, Bedford Row. He gained his MRCS in May 1830 and his FRCS in August 1854. Later the same year he sailed on the *Derwentwater* to Australia as a ship’s surgeon. He settled in Claremont, Clarence Plains, Tasmania, where he established a surgical practice. He later became a coroner. In November 1855 he married Fanny Wilcock (née Nichols). They had two daughters, Bertha and Lydia, and a son, Francis Othniel. He died on 24 December 1881 of ‘natural decay’ aged around 79. Sarah Gillam