Career
Court was born in Warwick and educated at King Henry VIII Grammar School in that town. He trained at Guy"s Hospital and became Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1863 and Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac in 1864. He practised in Staveley, Derbyshire, and was consulting surgeon to the Derbyshire Miners" Union.
lieutenant was here that he discovered that the nystagmus was caused by poor lighting in the mines and persuaded the owners to install proper lighting to supplement the miners" lamps.
He also worked on ankylostomiasis and published the influential book Miners" Diseases. He unsuccessfully contested Derbyshire North-East as a Unionist candidate six times.
Court was knighted in the 1920 New Year Honours for his services to miners.
