Christopher Johnson (surgeon)

Christopher Johnson (1782-1866) was born in Lancaster, UK in 1782 and by 1794 both his parents were dead. His father, James Johnson (1752 - 1794) had been a doctor. He married Mary Welch on 11 June 1812 and they had at least two sons, Christopher and James. ==Career==

In 1796 Johnson started as an apprentice to a surgeon-apothecary in Preston. He followed this with a medical degree in Edinburgh and later had his first independent practice in Settle. He became a member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh. Johnson was also one of the local surgeons who performed public dissections of those executed in Lancaster. He was Mayor of Lancaster in 1832. ==References==