Born at Bristol of a military family; studied at St Bartholomew's and University College Hospitals. He then went as Ship's Surgeon, and on one of his voyages saved the life of a sailor whose leg had been torn open by a large hook. He next for thirty-five years practised at Brixton, and was so suc

Was at one time Surgeon to the Darlington Dispensary and afterwards practised at 1 Trafalgar Place, West Hackney Road, London, NE, where he died on June 11th, 1859. He was a member of the Hunterian and Sydenham Societies.