Richard Randall (physician)

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Richard Randall (1796 – April 19, 1829) was a physician and colonial agent of the American Colonization Society in Liberia from December 22, 1828 to April 19, 1829. He was born in 1796 at Annapolis.

Personal life[]

Randall was born in 1796 in Annapolis in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. He was one of fourteen children born to John and Deborah (née Knapp) Randall.[1] His father was a Revolutionary War veteran, born in Westmoreland County, Virginia and later was Collector of the Port of Annapolis and was elected three times as Mayor of Annapolis between 1813 and 1818.[2] Among his siblings was younger brother Alexander Randall, who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland, and served as Attorney General of Maryland from 1864 to 1868.[3]: 6 

His paternal grandparents were Thomas Randall and Jane (née Davis) Randall, the daughter of a plantation owner.[2] His mother, who was born in Cork, Ireland, was the daughter of William Knapp and Frances (née Cudmore) Knapp.[4]

Career[]

Randall entered the Medical Staff of the U.S. Army in 1818 and was chosen professor of chemistry at Columbian College (today known as George Washington University) in Washington in 1825.[5]

He was Agent in the Colony of Liberia for the American Colonization Society from December 22, 1828 until his death in 1829. He succeeded , and was followed by Dr. Joseph Mechlin, Jr.[6][7][8] In 1829, Randall founded the station at Careysburg so named in honor of Lott Cary. Shortly before his death, he was conducting important negotiations with King Boatswain.[9]

Personal life[]

Randall died of fever in Liberia on April 19, 1829.[8][5][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "John Randall , MSA SC 3520-13902". msa.maryland.gov. Maryland State Archives. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "John Randall: Mayor of Annapolis". Archives of Maryland. Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  3. ^ Randall, Elizabeth Philpot Blanchard (1990). Alexander Randall of Annapolis. Peter Randall.
  4. ^ "John Randall, MSA S 3520-13902". Maryland State Archives. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Sheads, Nancy (2 June 2018). "Richard Randall". mdhistoryonline.net. Medicine in Maryland, 1752-1920. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ^ Karnga, Abayomi (1926). History of Liberia. D.H. Tyte & Co.
  7. ^ Cahoon, Ben (2000). "Leaders of Liberia". www.worldstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-21.
  8. ^ a b Johnston, Harry; Stapf, Otto (1906). Liberia. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co. p. 151. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. ^ Huberich, Charles Henry (1947). The Political and Legislative History of Liberia: A Documentary History of the Constitutions, Laws and Treaties of Liberia from the Earliest Settlements to the Establishment of the Republic, a Sketch of the Activities of the American Colonization Societies, a Commentary on the Constitution of the Republic and a Survey of the Political and Social Legislation from 1847 to 1944 : with Appendices Containing the Laws of the Colony of Liberia, 1820-1839, and Acts of the Governor and Council, 1839-1847. Central Book Company. p. Chapter X. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  10. ^ James, Winston (2010). The Struggles of John Brown Russwurm: The Life and Writings of a Pan-Africanist Pioneer, 1799-1851. NYU Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-8147-4314-0. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
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