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'''Alexander Read''' (1786 – 18 July 1870)<ref name=":0">[[Charles Cameron (physician)|Cameron, Sir Charles A.]] (1886) [https://archive.org/stream/b21443348#page/384/mode/2up/ ''History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c''] Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 384.</ref> was the president of the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]] (RCSI) in 1825 and 1835.<ref name=":RCSI">[http://www.rcsi.ie/files/NOCA/20150413095216_RCSI%20Presidents%20Feb%202015.pdf RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784.] Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.</ref>
'''Alexander Read''' (1786 – 18 July 1870)<ref name=":0">[[Charles Cameron (physician)|Cameron, Sir Charles A.]] (1886) [https://archive.org/stream/b21443348#page/384/mode/2up/ ''History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c''] Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 384.</ref> was the president of the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]] (RCSI) in 1825 and 1835.<ref name=":RCSI">[http://www.rcsi.ie/files/NOCA/20150413095216_RCSI%20Presidents%20Feb%202015.pdf RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784.] Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.</ref>


Alexander Read was born in Downpatrick and received an MA from Trinity College Dublin in 1827. Read was indentured as a surgeon to [[Henry Jebb|Sir Henry Jebb]] and he was subsequently elected a Member of RCSI in 1810. Read was Surgeon to [[Mercer's Hospital|Mercer's]], the Blue Coat, and Simpson's Hospitals, and to Dublin's prisons.<ref name=":0" /> He lectured at the Park Street Medical School and the Richmond Hospital School.
Alexander Read was born in Downpatrick and received an MA from Trinity College Dublin in 1827. Read was indentured as a surgeon to [[Henry Jebb|Sir Henry Jebb]] and he was subsequently elected a Member of RCSI in 1810. Read was Surgeon to [[Mercer's Hospital|Mercer's]], the Blue Coat, and Simpson's Hospitals, and to Dublin's prisons.<ref name=":0" /> According to Cameron in his History of RCSI, Alexander Read was esteemed a skilful surgeon, and he had a large purely medical practice. He had a taste for scientific studies, and for a while lectured on medical jurisprudence at the [[Park Street School of Medicine|Park-street School of Medicine]], and he was subsequently connected with the Richmond Hospital School.<ref name=":0" />

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==See also==
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Revision as of 08:56, 16 October 2019

"The College of Surgeons, Dublin". 1837.[1]

Alexander Read (1786 – 18 July 1870)[2] was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1825 and 1835.[3]

Alexander Read was born in Downpatrick and received an MA from Trinity College Dublin in 1827. Read was indentured as a surgeon to Sir Henry Jebb and he was subsequently elected a Member of RCSI in 1810. Read was Surgeon to Mercer's, the Blue Coat, and Simpson's Hospitals, and to Dublin's prisons.[2] According to Cameron in his History of RCSI, Alexander Read was esteemed a skilful surgeon, and he had a large purely medical practice. He had a taste for scientific studies, and for a while lectured on medical jurisprudence at the Park-street School of Medicine, and he was subsequently connected with the Richmond Hospital School.[2]


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References

  1. ^ Dublin delineated in twenty-six views, etc. Dublin: G. Tyrrell, 1837. p. 49.
  2. ^ a b c Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886) History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 384.
  3. ^ RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.

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