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Surgeon Major '''James Sanderson''' {{post-nominals|FRSE|FRCSE|country=GBR}} (21 May 1812&ndash;28 March 1891) was a 19th-century Scottish military surgeon and amateur meteorologist.<br />
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==Life==<br />
He was born in [[Dunbar]] on 21 May 1812. He was educated at Dunbar Grammar School then studied medicine at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<br />
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Around 1830 he joined the naval section of the [[East India Company]]. He served on the ships "Marquess of Camden" and the "Duke of Argyll" and made journeys to [[St Helena]], [[Bombay]], [[Calcutta]] and [[Ceylon]]. He also made several journeys to both [[China]] and the [[East Indies]].<ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0370164600049051 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> In 1837 he became Assistant Surgeon to the Madras section of the EIC and from there was moved to [[Ootacamund]] in the [[Nilgiri mountains|Neilgherry Hills]] to run a sanitorium there.<ref>{{Cite journal|pmc = 5277959|year = 1891|title = James Sanderson|journal = Edinburgh Medical Journal|volume = 36|issue = 11|pages = 1072}}</ref><br />
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In the 1840s and 1850s he held the role of Presidency Surgeon in [[Madras]]. He served four successive governors: the [[Marquess of Tweeddale]], [[Henry Pottinger|Sir Henry Pottinger]], [[Lord Harris]] and [[William Denison|Sir William Denison]]. During his time in India he organised horticultural Gardens in the Neilgherry Hills, improvements to the jails, and medical dispensaries across southern India. He also served the medical needs of [[George Berkeley (British Army officer)|General Sir George Berkeley]] and General Strachey, Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army. After a final tour of the provinces with Lord Harris he returned to Britain with him in 1859. He returned to India in 1861 to serve [[William Denison|Sir William Denison]] in his Presidency. He then briefly served his successor, [[Hope Grant|Sir Hope Grant]].<ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0370164600049051 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><br />
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He moved to Edinburgh in 1862, living at 17 Claremont Crescent.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1862</ref> In Edinburgh he joined the Meteorological Society and helped to run the Medical Mission.<br />
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In 1863 he was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. His proposer was [[Robert Allan (mineralogist)|Robert Allan]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002|date=July 2006|publisher=The Royal Society of Edinburgh|isbn=0-902-198-84-X|url=https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|access-date=2018-05-12|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074135/https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp2.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He joined the Scottish Meteorological Society in the same year. He also linked to the [[Ben Nevis]] Observatory, serving as its Honorary Treasurer in 1883. Together with his friend Dr [[Donald Beith]] he also attended medical night-classes, purely out of academic interest, to keep his knowledge up to date.<ref>https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0370164600049051 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><br />
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He finally retired to 8 Manor Place in Edinburgh's West End.<ref>Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1890</ref><br />
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He died on 28 March 1891 aged 78. He was buried in [[Dean Cemetery]] on 1 April 1891.<br />
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