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Edward Cator Seaton

Edward Cator Seaton (1815 – 21 January 1880) was an English doctor who became the second Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom.[1]

Life

Seaton studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and moved to London in 1841. He made his professional reputation with a report on vaccination against smallpox for the Epidemiological Society of London which was presented to Parliament in 1852. He was then appointed as the vaccination inspector under the 1853 Vaccination Act by John Simon. When Simon resigned in 1876, he was appointed Chief Medical Officer.

He is buried at Kensal Green Cemetery, London.[2]

References

  1. ^ Edward Cator Seaton. munksroll.rcplondon.ac.uk
  2. ^ Paths of Glory. Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. 1997. p. 88.

Further reading