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David Samwell
Family Name:	Samwell	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	David
DOB	1751	DOD	23 November 1798
Place of Birth:		Place of Death:	London, England
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Voyages:	HMS "Resolution" from England arr. VDL 1 January 1777
Came out as:	Surgeon's mate
Date Settled Aus:	1777	Date of Departure:
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Addresses:	VDL and New Zealand 1777 (shipping record)
Positions Held:	Surgeon's Mate HMS "Resolution" 1776-1780
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Notes:	Cook's third voyage Later served "Crocodile", "Pegale", "Kittael", "Tremendous", "Marlborough", and "Unicorn" until 1796 (Snell) Retired to London where followed literary pursuits (Snell)
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References:	Snell WE. Captain Cook's surgeons. Medical History 1963;7:43-55 [Surgeon's mate on "Resolution" second voyage]
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