Resource Name:
Resource Type:
External Resource
Asset Name:
E001938 - Garden, Alexander (1794 - 1845)
Title:
Garden, Alexander (1794 - 1845)
Author:
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Identifier:
RCS: E001938
Publisher:
London : Royal College of Surgeons of England
Publication Date:
2012-02-01
Subject:
Description:
Obituary for Garden, Alexander (1794 - 1845), Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Language:
English
Source:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Full Name:
Garden, Alexander
Date of Birth:
September 1794
Date of Death:
24 April 1845
Place of Death:
Calcutta, India
Occupation:
Titles/Qualifications:
MRCS November 19th 1815
FRCS (by election) August 26th 1844
MA King's College Aberdeen 1813
MD 1835
Details:
Born in September, 1794, and received his professional training at St George's Hospital, where he was for six months surgical pupil to Robert Keate from July 2nd, 1814. He joined the Bengal Army as Assistant Surgeon on August 25th, 1815. He was promoted to Surgeon on May 5th, 1826. He saw active service in the Third Maratha or Pindari or Dekkan War (1817-1818), and was one of the twenty-nine officers of the Indian Medical Service who were elected to the Fellowship on August 26th, 1844. He died in Calcutta on April 24th, 1845, having been Presidency Surgeon in 1844.
Sources:
Crawford's *History of the Indian Medical Service*, ii, 251
Rights:
Copyright (c) The Royal College of Surgeons of England
Collection:
Plarr's Lives of the Fellows
Format:
Obituary
Format:
Asset
Asset Path:
Root/Lives of the Fellows/E001000-E001999/E001900-E001999
Media Type:
Unknown
