Davis, Dr Christopher James (1842-1870)

Obituary, with portrait, of Dr Christopher James Davis (1842-1870). The obituary is a newscutting from an unidentified source.

Davis was born in Barbados in 1842, and worked as a schoolmaster and Wesleyan methodist preacher before travelling to Britain in 1866 to train as a physician at St Bartholmew's Hospital. He died from smallpox in France whilst volunteering as a physician to Bavarian troops during the Franco-Prussian war.

Also included are notes on Dr Davis's career printed from http://en.wikipedia.org.

1870

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Given to the library (along with MS.8762) by Mrs Patricia Cleveland-Peck in January 2011.

Catalogued by Helen Wakely, August 2011