James Carrick Moore

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Born
James Moore

(1762-12-21)21 December 1762
Died1 June 1860(1860-06-01) (aged 97)
9 Clarges Street, London
KnownforSurgery
Vaccination advocacy
Biography of brother
SpouseHarriet Henderson
James Carrick Moore
James Carrick Moore
Born
James Moore

(1762-12-21)21 December 1762
Died1 June 1860(1860-06-01) (aged 97)
9 Clarges Street, London
Known forSurgery
Vaccination advocacy
Biography of brother
SpouseHarriet Henderson
ChildrenHarriet Jane
Louisa
Julia
John Carrick
Graham Francis
Scientific career
InstitutionsSt George's Hospital

James Moore [later Carrick Moore] (1762–1860) was a biographer and surgeon.[1] He had a particular interest in the new practice of vaccination, which he strongly advocated. He was a friend and supporter of Edward Jenner. Moore succeeded Jenner as president of the National Vaccine Institute.[2]

James Moore was born on 21 December 1762 in Glasgow, one of eight sons and three daughters of John Moore, physician, and Jean Simson. Like his father he studied medicine – in Edinburgh and London – and became a house surgeon at St George's Hospital. He served as an army medical officer in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War and returned to Britain in early 1782.[3] He later was surgeon to the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards.

Moore published extensively on reducing pain during surgery; the history of smallpox; the history of vaccination; and produced pamphlets defending vaccination and arguing against the “anti-vaxxers” of the day. He is now best known for his biography of his elder brother Lieutenant-General Sir John Moore who died at the Battle of Corunna in 1809, during the Peninsular War. Carrick was added to the family name in 1821 when James Moore inherited the 6,000-acre Corsewall estate in Dumfries and Galloway from his cousin, the merchant banker Robert Carrick.[4]

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