William Thomas Prout

“ In 1895 Prout received further promotion to the headship of the medical department of Sierra Leone and became an official member of the Legislative Council. He was also a member of the City Council and medical officer of health of Freetown. He served in Sierra Leone until his retirement on pension in 1906. After leaving the Colonial Service Prout settled at first in Liverpool, where he engaged in private practice and was also honorary lecturer at the School of Tropical Medicine of Liverpool University. In 1912 he was appointed medical adviser to the Colonial Office for Liverpool. ”

“ After an education at private schools he went to Edinburgh University, where he graduated in medicine in 1884. In the following year he was appointed assistant Poor Law medical officer in Mauritius. He was transferred to the post of assistant colonial surgeon of the Gold Coast in 1888. ”