Thomas Morton (surgeon)

He was apprenticed to James Church, house-surgeon to the Newcastle Infirmary, and then in 1832 became a medical student at University College, London.

[1] Admitted a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England on 24 July 1835, Morton was appointed house-surgeon at the North London Hospital under Samuel Cooper, unusually being reappointed when after one year of office.

In 1836 he was made demonstrator of anatomy jointly with Mr. Ellis, a post he held for nine years.

[1] In 1848 Morton was appointed full surgeon to the hospital on the resignation of James Syme.

[1] Morton committed suicide on 29 October 1849, at his house in Woburn Place, London.