Robb, John

Education

M.D. 4.1.1817 on testimonials signed by Henry Irwin M.D., Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, N.B. and Andrew Halliday M.D., Physician in Ordinary to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence, Edinburgh.

Birth/childhood

Born c.1775.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - medical student 1794-1796.

Assistant surgeon 55th Foot Regiment 1796. surgeon 95th Foot 1800. Staff 1809. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals 1812. Inspector of Hospitals (brevet) 1818. Retired on half pay 1822. Inspector General 1830. [Doctor]

Death

Died at Blackburn, Ayr 8.10.1845.

Sources

  • W. Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army 1727-1898 (Aberdeen, 1917) 1585