Born in Cambusnethan Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland to Alexander Forrest and Catherine Young. Obtained his license from Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1827. Married Barbara Ross McKenzie on 3 Jan 1832. Emigrated to Nova Scotia about 1832. Nine children (Isabella, Catherine, Mary, Mary, Alexander, Helen, John, Barbara, James), three of whom died in infancy. He was one of the founding members of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia in 1854 and served as its President in 1862. He served as a Member of the Board of Governors for Dalhousie College from 1869 to 1875.
Born in Cambusnethan Parish, Lanarkshire, Scotland to Alexander Forrest and Catherine Young. Obtained his license from Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1827. Married Barbara Ross McKenzie on 3 Jan 1832. Emigrated to Nova Scotia about 1832. Nine children (Isabella, Catherine, Mary, Mary, Alexander, Helen, John, Barbara, James), three of whom died in infancy. He was one of the founding members of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia in 1854 and served as its President in 1862. He served as a Member of the Board of Governors for Dalhousie College from 1869 to 1875.
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