John W. Heron

John William Heron was born in Derbyshire, England on June 15, 1856. Heron went to Japan on May 1, 1885, after marrying Harriet Gibson on April 23, and learned Korea's language and customs during his stay there. After arriving in Incheon on June 20 and then Seoul on June 21, 1885 (he had previously tried to go in 1884, but the political situation was too unstable), Dr. Heron worked in Chejungwon, today known as Severance Hospital and the Yonsei University College of Medicine. When Horace Newton Allen, a fellow doctor, became a diplomat in 1887, John took his place as Emperor Gojong's personal physician, and became the second director of Chejungwon. == Death and legacy ==

In the summer of 1890, Heron was treating patients sick with dysentery when he caught it himself and died on July 26 or July 27. == References ==