John G. Millingen

John Gideon Millingen (1782–1862) was an army surgeon and author. Born in Westminster of Irish and Dutch parents; Millingen was educated in Paris where he achieved his medical degree. He became an assistant surgeon in British Army in 1802, serving in the Peninsular War and won a medal at Waterloo and the surrender of Paris. He retired in 1823 and was appointed as a physician to the military asylum at Chatham and Hanwell.

Works

• The Bee-hive(1818) (A musical farce)
• Ladies at Home, or Gentlemen, We Can Do Without You (1819)
• The Illustrious Stranger, or Married and Buried (1827)
• Who’ll Lend Me a Wife? (1834)
• The Miser’s Daughter (1835)
• Borrowed Feathers (1836)
• Sketches of Ancient and Modern Boulogne (1826) (Prose)
• Adventures of an Irish Gentleman, 3 Vol. (1830)
• The History of Duelling (1841)
• Recollections of Republican France from 1790 to 1801 (1848)

Further reading

• Saunders, T. B. (2004). "Millingen, John Gideon (1782–1849)" (online ed available to subscribers). Millingen, John Gideon (1782–1849). Oxford University Press. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/18759. Retrieved 2 Feb 2009.