Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital, where he was House Surgeon, and later Teacher of Practical Anatomy at the Hunterian School of Medicine. He practised in the Albion Road, Holloway, where he was Surgeon to the Islington Dispensary. During the Crimean War he served on the Medical Staff of the General Hospital at Scutari, and afterwards practised in Thomas Street, Woolwich, whence he moved to 7 Rectory Place near-by; he was also Surgeon to the Woolwich Dispensary. He died at Plumstead, Kent, on July 5th, 1905.