Dictionary of Indian Biography/Cornish, William Robert
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CORNISH, WILLIAM ROBERT (1828–1897)
Educated at St. George's Hospital : entered the Madras Army as Assistant Surgeon, 1854 : Secretary to the Director-General, Medical Department, 1860–70 : Sanitary Commissioner to Madras Government, 1870–80 : did good service during the famine of 1877 : C.I.E. : Surgeon-General in 1880 : retired, 1885 : Member of the Legislative Council, Madras, 1883 : Fellow of the Madras University, 1867 : wrote on medical subjects : died Oct. 19, 1897 : F.R.C.S.