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Robert Harrison

b. 1796

17th century Irish surgeon

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Born 1796. Robert Harrison was a surgeon.

Robert Harrison (1793 – 23 April 1858) M.R.C.S. I., M.R.I.A. was an Irish surgeon and anatomist. He was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1848.

Biography Robert Harrison was born in Cumberland, England, in 1793 and was sent to study at Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated with a degree in the arts. He was indentured to the surgeon Abraham Colles and commenced medical studies in the RCSI medical school.

Career In 1818, Harrison was elected a member of RCSI. In 1817, he was appointed Demonstrator in RCSI and was elected Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Trinity College Dublin in 1827. In 1824, he took the degree of M.B., and in 1837 that of M.D. He was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin in 1837.

He was a surgeon at Dr Steevens' Hospital and a consultant surgeon at Jervis Street Charitable Infirmary. Harrison was for many years one of the Honorary Secretaries to the Royal Dublin Society. This was followed by another textbook, The Dublin Dissector Manual of Anatomy, later editions of which were published in London and New York.

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· Wikipedia: Robert Harrison

· Wikidata: Q55631831

· DBpedia: Robert Harrison (surgeon)

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