Sir William James Moore (1828-1896) was a

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and

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. He was also Honorary Physician to

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Early life

He was the son of Edward Moore of

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. His grandfather was William Moore

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of Woodsetton House, Sedgley. His father was Justice of the Peace for

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from 1853,

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from 1862 and Deputy Lieutenant for

from 1859. He studied medicine at

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Career

He was a resident surgeon at Queen's Hospital, Birmingham for three years until 1852, during which time he was awarded a prize from the

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for work he did on "the treatment of the contraction of the cicatrices of burns". He entered the

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Medical Service in 1852 and served in the

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from 1856-7. In 1873 he was awarded 1000

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by the Government of India for his work on ''A Manual of Family Medicine and Hygiene for India''. He was appointed Deputy-Surgeon-General in 1877. In 1882 he was Dean of the Faculty of the

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. He was appointed Surgeon-General in 1885 and retired in 1888. He was knighted in 1888 and made Honorary Physician to the Queen.

Personal life

He married Mary Anne Harriet and had one son, Colonel Arthur Trevelyan Moore . He died on September 9, 1896 at his residence, 15

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. He was presented upon retirement with a life-size portrait that was hung in the Town Hall of Bombay.

Selected works

* ''A Manual of Family Medicine and Hygiene for India'' * ''The Immediate Treatment of Accidents and Injuries'' * ''A Manual of the Diseases of India'' * ''Health in the Tropics, or, Sanitary Art Applied to Europeans in India'' * ''The Other Side of the Opium Question'' * ''Health Resorts for Tropical Invalids'' * ''Leprosy and Leper Houses'' * "On recruiting the Anglo-Indian Army"

References

{{reflist 1828 births 1896 deaths 19th-century British medical doctors Academic staff of the University of Mumbai Indian Medical Service officers Medical doctors from British India Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Alumni of the University of Birmingham