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Asset Name:
E000539 - Terry, Henry (1791 - 1873)
Title:
Terry, Henry (1791 - 1873)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E000539
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2008-08-08
Description:
Obituary for Terry, Henry (1791 - 1873), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Terry, Henry
Date of Birth:
1791
Date of Death:
26 December 1873
Place of Death:
Northampton, UK
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS, Feb 7th, 1812

FRCS, Dec 11th, 1843, one of the original 300 Fellows.
Details:
Became Assistant Surgeon to the Wiltshire Militia on May 6th, 1812, and on March 21st, 1814, was gazetted Assistant Surgeon to the 14th Regiment of Foot, with which he was present at Waterloo. He was placed on half pay in 1816 and commuted it in 1830. On leaving the Army he practised at Northampton in partnership with his son, Henry Terry, MRCS, and was for forty years Surgeon to the County Gaol and House of Correction, and for thirty years Surgeon to the Northampton Regiment of Militia. He was also Surgeon Extraordinary to the Northampton General Infirmary. His grandson was Professor Sandford Terry, Professor of History in the University of Aberdeen. He died in retirement at Northampton on Dec 26th, 1873.
Sources:
*Johnston’s RAMC Roll*, No. 3787
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
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Root/Lives of the Fellows/E000000-E000999/E000500-E000599
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