Studied at St Bartholomew's Hospital and practised first in Argyle Street, London, WC. Although he passed the examination for the FRCS in 1859 he failed to pay the fees, and so remained on the list of MRCS. He emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia, where he was a member of the South Australian Medical Board, Surgeon to the Adelaide Hospital, to the Convalescent Hospital, and to the Home for Incurables. He was a Member and Treasurer of the South Australian Medical Association. He retired in 1891 and lived for some years at Semaphore, a watering-place, where died in 1903.