Poole, Richard

Education

M.D. 16.2.1805 on testimonials signed by William Wright M.D. and John Barclay M.D.

Birth/childhood

Born c.1782 son of Matthew Poole, hotel keeper, Edinburgh and Margaret Hawkins.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - medical student 1800-1804.

L.R.C.P.E. 2.11.1824.

Superintendent Lunatic Asylum, Montrose 1838-1845. Supervisor of a private lunatic asylum, Middlefield, Aberdeenshire. [Doctor]

Retired to Coupar Angus.

Publications

Death

Died at Coupar Angus 18.2.1870 aged 88.

Sources

  • Med. Dir.
  • Lancet 1870 i 467
  • Deaths Reg. Coupar Angus 1870/14