Joseph Cotterill

Sir Joseph Montagu Cotterill, CMG, FRCSEd, R.A.M.C (23 November 1851 – 30 December 1933) was a surgeon who as a young man played first-class cricket and made one appearance for England. He became a surgeon in Edinburgh and was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Early life and education The son of the Anglican bishop of Grahamstown and later the Scottish Episcopalian bishop of Edinburgh, Henry Cotterill and Anna Isabella Parnther, he was born at Kemp Town, Sussex. Joseph attended St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa, and later Brighton College in Sussex. When his father was appointed Episcopalian Bishop of Edinburgh in 1871, Cotterill entered the University of Edinburgh Medical School, winning prizes in surgery and pathology. A good all round sportsman, he captained the Edinburgh University rugby team, was skilled at golf and billiards and was an excellent shot. He was house surgeon under Professor Sir Thomas Annandale, in the old Royal Infirmary in Infirmary Street, during its last years at that location. In the years to 1888 he was able to combine surgical training in Edinburgh with first-class cricket appearances in England.