Christopher Johnson

Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson
Christopher Johnson
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274881
Reference identifier
ZCO20180129001
Title
Christopher Johnson
Place
Lancaster
General notes
Christopher Johnson (1782-1866) was a surgeon. Born in Lancaster, the son of a doctor, he was orphaned age 12. He was apprenticed to a medical practitioner in Preston and later studied in Edinburgh. He first practised was in Settle, but in 1809 he returned to Lancaster. His first public appointment was a surgeon to the local Lonsdale Militia. By 1812, he was one of the honorary surgeons at the Dispensary (Castle Hill, Lancaster). He was made Mayor of Lancaster 1832.
(the date of this photograph is derived from a copy held by the Science Museum, a Carte de visite which has the caption "in my eighty second year, 25 July 1863")
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Year of image
1863
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