Born in 1872 at Holstein, Canada, he received his early education at Mount Forest, and practised there for a year after graduation from the University of Toronto in 1895. He took postgraduate work in London, and was admitted to the Royal College of Surgeons as a Member in 1900; he took the Fellowship after four years. Returning to Canada, he joined the staff of the Toronto General Hospital as a surgeon. After founding the urology division, he headed it as associate professor of clinical surgery. He was a past president of the Academy of Medicine, Toronto; a member of the American Urological Association; a charter member of Alpha Delta Phi fraternity; and an honorary life member of the Aesculapian Society. He died on 29 March 1952 in Toronto from a cerebral haemorrhage. He was 80 and had been retired since 1932. His daughter survived him. He had lived at numbers 41 and 35 Avenue Road, Toronto.