Background
He was the second son of John Jago and was born 18 December 1815 at the barton of Kigilliack, Budock, near Falmouth, Cornwall, once a seat of the bishops of Exeter.
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James Jago
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He was educated at the Falmouth Classical and Mathematical School until about 1833.
Career
Doctor Jago was a voluminous writer on various medical subjects, the most important of which were investigations upon certain physiological and pathological conditions of the eye, which his mathematical and medical knowledge especially fitted him to discuss. He was also interested in the history and progress of Cornish science and antiquities. After a short period of private tuition he entered Saint John"s College, Cambridge, in Easter term 1835, and graduated Bachelor in the mathematical tripos of 1839 as thirty-second wrangler.
He then determined to adopt the medical profession, and studied at various hospitals in London, Paris, and Dublin.
On 16 February 1843 he was incorporated at the University of Oxford from Wadham College. He graduated Bachelor of Medicine on 22 June 1843, and the degree of doctor of medicine was conferred upon him by this university on 10 June 1859.
He then began to practise in Truro, and in 1856 he was appointed physician to the Royal Cornwall Infirmary, and he was also connected professionally with the Truro dispensary. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society on 2 June 1870, and he served (1873-1875) as president of the Royal Institution of Cornwall in Truro, a society of which he had been the honorary secretary for many years.
He died on 18 January 1893.
Membership
Royal Society.
