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HomeContents > People > Photographers > John McCosh

Names:
Other: Dr John M'Cosh 
Other: Dr John McCosh 
Other: John MacCosh 
Other: Surgeon John McCosh 
Dates:  1805, 5 March - 1885, 18 January (GEH has 1885, 16 January)
Active:  India / Burma
Gender:  Male
 
  
A doctor in the army of the East India Company, and served with the Bengal Artillery during the Second Sikh War (1848-49) and the Second Burma War (1852-53). A collection of military photographs attributed to him is in the National Army Museum, Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London, SW3 4HT.

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Approved biography for John McCosh
Courtesy of the Victoria & Albert Museum (London, UK)

 
  
John McCosh was a doctor and amateur photographer stationed in Burma during the Anglo-Burmese War of 1852. 
  
This biography is courtesy and copyright of the Victoria & Albert Museum and is included here with permission. 
  
Date last updated: 11 Nov 2011. 
  
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John McCosh (1805-1885 
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Biographical details on a surgeon in the East India Company army. 
  
 

Printed biographies

The following books are useful starting points to obtain brief biographies but they are not substitutes for the monographs on individual photographers.

 
• Lenman, Robin (ed.) 2005 The Oxford Companion to the Photograph (Oxford: Oxford University Press)  [Includes a short biography on John McCosh.] 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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