Background
PROUT, William Thomas was born on February 7, 1862.
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William Thomas PROUT
William Thomas PROUT, British Principal Medical Officer.
Education
Studied at private schools. University of Edinburgh, graduated 1884. Bachelor of Medicine.
Master in Surgery Edinburgh 1884.
Career
Assistant Poorlaw Medical Officer, Mauritius, 1885. Assistant Colonial Surgeon, Gold Coast, 1888. District Commissioner, Gold Coast, 1890.
Colonial Surgeon, Gambia, 1893. Acting Chief Magistrate, 1893. Medical Officer in charge of base hospital during campaign against Foday Sila, 1894.
Justice of the Peace and Official Member of Legislative Council. Member of City Council, Freetown. Medical Officer of Health, Freetown, etc. Lecturer, School of Tropical Medicine, University of Liverpool; member of Advisory Medical Committee to Colonial Office; Fellow Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Royal Medical Society, Edinburgh, Royal Society of Medicine; Principal Medical Officer, Sierra Leone, 1895; retired.
Membership
Clubs: Royal Societies; University, Liverpool.
