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Adams, Edward

  • Surname

    Adams

  • Forenames

    Edward

  • Gender

    Male

  • Year of birth / death

    1824 / 1856

  • Status

    Naval Surgeon

  • Place of practice

    with Royal Navy

  • Practised in century

    19th

  • Degrees / Diplomas

    LSA, MRCS

  • Apprenticeship

  • Further Prof Study

Description

Son of William Adams, land agent of Great Barton.
Apprenticed in Ipswich.
LSA, MRCS.
Studied Natural History.
1847 Appointed Assitant Surgeon, Royal Navy - first at Haslar then at the Naval Hospital, Devonport. (4)
1848 to 49 Appointed Assistant Surgeon and Naturalist aboard 'The Investigator' in James Ross' expedition to the Arctic. Then on the 'Enterprise' in an expedition to the Baring Straits
1850 to 1855 Involved in Arctic expeditions.
1855 Returned to England. (4)
Nov. 1855 Appointed Full Surgeon on HM Steam Sloop 'Hecla'.
12 Nov.1856 Died of typhus, aged 32, in Sierra Leone. (4)

References
(4) Ipswich Journal or Weekly Mercury. Weekly local newspaper published from 1720-a few issues missing.

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