Studied at Guy's Hospital and practised at Frohenlog, Dolgelly, where he was Surgeon to the County Gaol and Workhouse of Merionethshire, Factory Surgeon, Surgeon to Quarries and Clubs, and to the Cader Idris Rifle Volunteers. He enjoyed a large practice and had a wide reputation for professional skill, being much respected, beloved, and trusted by patients of all ranks. He was returning from a visit to a patient near Talyllyn when be fell from his horse, was found insensible on the road, and died the next day, October 18th, 1868.