Robert Keate FRCS

Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons

Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons is a professional qualification to practise as a surgeon in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland...

 (14 March 1777 - 2 October 1857) was a noted British surgeon, and Serjeant-Surgeon to King William IV and Queen Victoria.

Early life

He was born in Laverton

Laverton

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, Somerset, the fourth son of William Keate, rector of Laverton, and brother of John Keate

John Keate

John Keate was an English schoolmaster, and headmaster of Eton College.He was born at Wells, Somerset, the son of Prebendary William Keate, D.D., rector of Laverton, Somerset, and brother of Robert Keate FRCS , Serjeant-Surgeon to King William IV and Queen Victoria.He was educated at Eton and...

 (1773–1852), headmaster of Eton College

Eton College

Eton College, often referred to simply as Eton, is a British independent school for boys aged 13 to 18. It was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI as "The King's College of Our Lady of Eton besides Wyndsor"....

. Keate was educated at Bath Grammar School.

Personal life

Keate had four daughters and two sons. His son, Robert William Keate

Robert William Keate

Robert William Keate was a career British colonial governor, serving as Commissioner of the Seychelles from 1850 to 1852, Governor of Trinidad from 1857 to 1864, of Natal from 1867 to 1872, and of Gold Coast from 7 March 1873 to 17 March 1873.-Early life and family:Keate was born in 1814 in...

 (1814-1873), was in turn Governor of Trinidad, Governor of Natal, and Governor of the Gold Coast.

Publications

Keate wrote only two papers: -

• “History of a Case of Bony Tumour containing Hydatids Successfully Removed from the Head of a Femur.” - Med.-Chir. Trans., 1819, x, 278.
• “Case of Exfoliation from the Basilar Process of the Occipital Bone and from the Atlas after Excessive Use of Mercury.” - Lond. Med. Gaz., 1834-5, xvi, 13 (with drawing): Le Gros Clark referred to the specimen and reproduced the drawing in the Med.-Chir. Trans., 1849, xxxii, 68.