Kirk, Sir John, Knight, naturalist and political agent, 1832-1922
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of the family of Sir John Kirk, Consul-General at Zanzibar.
File
Identifier: Acc.9183
Dates:
1879 and undated.
Papers of Sir John Kirk and Lady Helen Kirk.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9942/1-65
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir John Kirk GCMG KCB (1832-1922), physician, administrator, naturalist, photographer, and Lady Kirk, née Helen Cooke (d.1914).John Kirk was born at Barry in Forfarshire in 1832. After qualifying as a doctor in 1854, he volunteered for medical service in the Crimea and subsequently became Dr. David Livingstone's chief assistant on his second Zambesi Expedition, 1858-1863. In 1866 Kirk was appointed Medical Officer and Vice-Consul of Zanzibar. He became Assistant...
Dates:
Circa 1856-circa 1973.
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Correspondence. 1
- Personal papers. 1
- Professional papers. 1