Papers of: McCormick, Robert (1800-1890) 1824-1860

HMS North Star

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McCormick Robert 1800

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Robert McCormick was born in 1800 near Great Yarmouth; his father, also Robert McCormick, was a naval surgeon of Irish ancestry. McCormick junior studied surgery at Guy's and St. Thomas's Hospitals, London, under Sir Astley Cooper (1768-1841) and gained his diploma in 1822, becoming a naval surgeon in 1823 and being posted to the West Indies. In 1827 he sailed with the expedition of the Hecla , under the command of William Edward Parry (1790-1855), to the north of Spitsbergen. In the ensuing yea...

University of Edinburgh.

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The University of Edinburgh was established by Royal Charter in 1582 . It was originally called Tounis College, when part of a legacy left by Robert Reid, Bishop of Orkney in 1558 had established a college of which the Town Council had gained control to establish a College of Law on the South side of Edinburgh. The inception of the University took place in 1583 . In 1617 when King James VI of Scotland (I of England) visited the College it was decreed that the College should change i...

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RN, Royal Navy

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Jameson Robert 1774

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King Richard c 1811

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Franklin Sir John Rear Admiral 1786

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HMS Hecla

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