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]
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]