Oliver, William Silver

Education

M.D. 9.5.1857 by examination.

Birth/childhood

Born 12.11.1835 possibly Kilfinane, Co. Limerick [County Limerick, Ireland].

Career

L.R.C.S.I. 1857.

Assistant surgeon Army Medical Service 1857. Retired 1885 on half pay with honorary rank of Deputy Surgeon General. [Doctor]

Invented a piece of military equipment which bore his name. [Inventor]

Death

Died at Farnborough 27.4.1908.

Sources

  • Med. Dir.
  • W. Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army 1727-1898 (Aberdeen, 1917) 5599