Memorial in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ermington, Devon commemorating Francis Geach d. 1798
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ermington, Devon, England
Transcript
'Underneath this place are deposited the remains of Francis Geach M.D. F.R.S. and first surgeon of the Royal Hospital at Plymouth who died on the XVIIth day of February in the Year MDCCXCVIII and in the LXVIIth Year of his Age. The gentleness of his manners, the brilliancy of his talents and his deep insights into the science of physic which he practised during a period of forty years with the highest reputation and success, have written on the hearts of thousands a memorial more durable than any monumental record which the sculptor can design. Under the influence however of the most unfeigned affection for so valuable a man, and so inestimable a relative, this tablet is inscribed by his grateful nephew Geo Crossman L.L.D. Rector of the Parishes of Blagdon and West Monkton in the County of Somerset and a Prebendary of the Cathedral Church in Wells.'
Details
Position: South side of Nave
People
Age: 67
Date of Death: 17/2/1798
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Plymouth