Transcript

Of

Samuel Grose, M.D., F.R.C.S. [Obituary]

Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 52, (1920), p. 41.

by

Maxwell Adams (Ed.)

Prepared by Michael Steer

The Obituary was read at the Association’s July 1920 Totnes meeting. An abbreviated obituary for Dr Grose prepared by the Editors, appeared in Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 11:2, (1920) p. 49. That obituary is available on GENUKI’s Tormoham page. This obituary, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.

Dr. Grose, who became a member of the Devonshire Association in 1896, was born at Great Torrington in 1837, and after studying for the medical profession at St. Thomas's Hospital, London, entered the Royal Navy, as Assistant Surgeon, in 1862, from which he retired, through ill-health, in 1874, and settled in civil practice at Melksham in Wiltshire. In 1871 he married Mary Cicilia Rossell, who died in June, 1918.
In 1895 he removed to Torquay and joined the Torquay Natural History Society, and was a member of the Committee of Management till he resigned, on his removal to Bishopsteignton, in 1902. While residing in Torquay, Dr. Grose was a frequent lecturer and regular attendant at the monthly meetings of that Society. He was also' a member of the Wiltshire Archaeological Society and of the Teign Naturalists Field Club.
His death, which took place on 13th December, 1919, removes a well-known figure from the meetings of the Devonshire Association and of the Teign Naturalists Field Club, by the members of both of which he was much liked, his kindly nature endearing him to all. His loss will be greatly felt.