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C. E.Surgeon in the Royal Navy. Served as the Assistant surgeon and statuary on the Assistance, a ship that was sent to search for the Franklin Expedition (1850-1851). Received an Arctic Medal for his services. Left the navy in 1852 and opened a private surgical practice in Guilford, Surrey. Author of Warm Hearts in Cold Regions: A Tale of Arctic Life (1864). Biographical information: At the Circulating Library; BL; Glenn M. Stein,
The Franklin Expedition 50th Anniversary Commemorations: Arctic Veterans and Medals from the Frozen Zone,The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, vol. 49, no. 2, 2010, p. 4. (CC)