Born at Mount Albert, Canada, in 1878. He was educated at Toronto University, where he graduated MB in 1906. He came afterwards to England and studied at the London Hospital, at University College Hospital, and at the Middlesex Hospital. After returning to Canada for some years, he served in the Canadian Army Medical Corps in France during the war. He practised after his demobilization at Bloor Street East, Toronto, and died there in 1932 at the age of 55, survived by his wife, a son and a daughter. He worked for Toronto General Hospital, and for the University of Toronto.