Christopher Johnson

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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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Monochrome

Year of image

1863

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PEOPLE > Portraits

Place Names > Lancaster

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