Richard Randall (physician)

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.

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 Colston Waring, 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. "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. 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. 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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