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Date transcribed2011-08-00
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name patterns established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Morehead    
First Name(s)  Charles    
Birth Year  1807    
Death Year  1882    
Entry  Son of Rev. Robert Morehead D.D. : brother of W. A. Morehead (q.v.) : born in 1807 : M.D. of Cambridge : entered the Bombay Medical Service in 1829 : was on the Staff of Sir Robert Grant, Governor of Bombay, 1835-8 : was President of the Medical and Physical Society, Bombay, 1835-59 : Surgeon of the General Hospital, 1838 : in 1845 the Grant Medical College was erected at his instance, and he was the first Principal and Professor of Medicine : he also initiated native medical education in the Bombay Presidency, as Secretary to the Board of Native Education, 1840-5 : and was the first physician of the Jamsetji Jijibhai Hospital, till 1859 : Hony. Surgeon to Queen Victoria : retired in 1862 : F.R.S. of Edinburgh : C.I.E., 1881 : author of various medical works relating to India : died Aug. 24, 1882.     
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