Member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1811 was elected its senior president; M.D. University of Edinburgh 1812; 1812-16 various medical appointments (resident house physician to the Royal Infirmary at Edinburgh); 1814 tour through Europe; 1817-26 private practice, Nottingham; 1825 became physician to the General Hospital at Nottingham; 1826-50 private practice, London; 1853 visited the U.S.A.; 1854 went to Italy for the benefit of his health; 1857 died at Brighton.