William Robert Cornish
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| William Robert Cornish | |||||||||
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| Born | 1828 | ||||||||
| Died | 1896 | ||||||||
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5 Sunderland Terrace, Bayswater Commissioner, Madras [1879] | ||||||||
| Occupation | medical | ||||||||
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William Robert Cornish (also W. R. Cornish, 1828 – 19 December 1896) was a British physician who served in India for more than thirty years, and became the Surgeon-General—head of medical services—in the Madras Presidency.[1] During the Great Famine of 1876–78, Cornish, then Sanitary Commissioner of Madras, argued for generous famine relief, which put him at odds with Sir Richard Temple, Famine Envoy for the Government of India, who was promoting reduced rations. Some of Cornish's innovations made their way into the Indian Famine Codes of the late 19th century.
