Born on April 13th at Litcham, Norfolk, where his grandfather (who died in 1807, aged 67), his father (who died in 1849), and his elder brother (died in February, 1854) practised in succession. He studied at St George's Hospital, and practised in London until the death of his elder brother, Peter Raven, MRCS, in 1854, when he took over the family practice at Litcham, and continued there until his retirement in 1893, at one time having as partner Joseph Hazard, MRCS. He acted as Surgeon to the Litcham District of the Mitford and Launditch Union, and to the Litcham Village Hospital. He died at Litcham on February 15th, 1903.