A pioneering surgeon at Peterborough Infirmary (now the Museum) from 1862 to 1906. A Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, he was the first in Britain to remove a growth from the larynx and a leading advocate for purpose-built operating theatres to reduce infection risk.
He researched and wrote “The Depot for Prisoners of War at Norman Cross, Huntingdonshire, 1796 to 1816”, published in 1913.
In 1900 he also wrote “Notes on two Anglo-Saxon Burial-places at Peterborough”. (Read at the Peterborough Congress, 1898), and in 1899: “The Traces of the Roman Occupation left in Peterborough and the Surrounding District.” (Read at the Peterborough Congress, July 14th, 1898).