BOSSEY

Peter ( eld. child of Francis Bo ey, constructor in royal carriage department of Woolwich arsenal ). b. Woolwich 3 April 1806; apprenticed to Thomas Bayles of Woolwich; studied at United Borough hospital; L.S.A. 1826, M.R.C.S. 1828, F.R.C.S. 1852; surgeon to Convict hulk establishment at Woolwich to 1848 when he retired on pension; fellow of Med. and Chir. Soc. 1846; gave up practice 1857; author of many statistical reports and papers on diseases and mortality of prisoners printed in Reports of Superintendent of Convict establishment at Woolwich . d. Worthing 22 Dec. 1862. Proc. of Royal Med. and Chir. Soc. iv , 203–7 (1864).