Halls, John James (1820 - 1860)
by
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Asset Name
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E002092 - Halls, John James (1820 - 1860)
Title
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Halls, John James (1820 - 1860)
Author
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Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier
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RCS: E002092
Publisher
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London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date
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2012-03-22
Subject
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Medical Obituaries
Description
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Obituary for Halls, John James (1820 - 1860), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language
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English
Source
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name
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Halls, John James
Date of Birth
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1 September 1820
Date of Death
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6 November 1860
Occupation
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General surgeon
Titles/Qualifications
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MRCS April 11th 1850
FRCS April 11th 1850
BA Cantab 1844
Details
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Born on September 1st, 1820; educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he took a poll degree. At St George's Hospital he was 'perpetual pupil' to Caesar Hawkins from 1840 and House Surgeon in 1847 and entered the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on June 10th, 1854. He was Civil Surgeon at Shahabad, was one of the defenders of Arrah in the Mutiny, for which he received the Medal with Clasp; but, according to Lieut-Colonel Crawford, he was included amongst those who there contracted disease which proved fatal before long. He died on his way home on board the *Ceylon*, November 6th, 1860.
Publication:
*Two Months in Arrah in 1857*, 12mo, London, 1860. It is a short account of the siege.
Sources
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Crawford's *History of the Indian Medical Service*, ii, 161, 260
Rights
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Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection
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Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format
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Obituary
Format
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Asset
Asset Path
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E002000-E002999/E002000-E002099
URL for File
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374275
Media Type
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Unknown