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Robert Smith (MRCS, 1865, England; FRCS, 1871, Edinburgh) began his career in 1865, holding a position as deputy inspector of health and shipping and later becoming an able assistant colonial surgeon in charge of the Colonial Hospital, Freetown.
William Smith was born on the Gold Coast in 1816, and reached Freetown on a captured slave ship. He was educated by the Church Missionary Society, taken into employment at this Court, and was eventually promoted to be its Registrar and a Police Magistrate. He died in Jersey in 1896. He was the father of Dr. Robert Smith, assistant colonial surgeon at Freetown ; Francis Smith, who acted as senior puisne judge and as acting chief justice of the Gold Coast.
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1866 May 12 Smith, Robert... Freetown, Sierra Leone... Lic. Fac. Phys. Surg. Glasg. 1865.
The following gentlemen were admitted Fellows of the College at the annual meeting held on Oct. 18th:- Robert Smith, L.F.P.&S.G., Assistant Colonial Surgeon, Sierra Leone;
1866 May 12 Smith, Robert... Freetown, Sierra Leone... Lic. R. Coll. Surg. Glasg. 1865. Fell. R. Coll. Surg. Edin. 1871.