Henry Spencer

Sir Henry Spencer was born on 3 May 1755 in London, United Kingdom. 
In 1771, he went to study medicine at Royal College of Surgeons from where he graduated in 1775 and served as assistant surgeon aboard the HMS Anne until 1781. He then served as surgeon aboard the HMS Blackpool until 1795. In 1795, he served as surgeon aboard the HMS Jamaica on which he amputated the leg and saved the life of Alfred Conrad. He served aboard the ship until 1821 when he moved to Washington to retire and study native American medicine among the Kathlamet people. 
He died naturally in 1829 in Cathlamet, Washington, USA.