Davidson, John ♂

Education

M.D. 6.5.1845 by examination.

Birth/childhood

Born Girvan according to R.C.S.E. records. Two possibilities:

Baptised 15.6.1817 son of Thomas Davidson and Margaret Law and baptised 28.11.1817 son of John Davidson and Margaret Mitchell.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - medical student 1835-1840.

L.R.C.S.E. 1838. M.R.C.P.L. 1860.

Assistant surgeon Royal Navy 29.7.1839. Surgeon 9.4.1845. Deputy Inspector General 1.3.1855 Therapis. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals Haslar 1859 - 1866. Inspector general Greenwich 1867. Inspector General Plymouth 1868 - 1873 (retired). C.B. [Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath] 1867. [Doctor]

Death

Died 31.1.1881 aged 63.

Sources

• Med. Dir.
• F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)
• Lancet 1881 i 315
• Times 3.2.1881 p6
• Public Record Office - Admiralty Records. 104/11 - 29