Rutty, John
Rutty, John (1698–1775), physician, writer, diarist, and historian of Irish quakers, was born 25 December 1698 in Wiltshire, to quaker parents John and Esther Rutty. He may have been orphaned young, for he spoke of spending the ages 13 to 18 at various schools,then being ‘…...
Sloane, Sir Hans
Sloane, Sir Hans (1660–1753), physician-general, collector, and founder of the British Museum, was born 16 April 1660 at Killyleagh, Co. Down, youngest of seven sons (of whom only three survived infancy) of Alexander Sloane (d. 1666), receiver-general of taxes for Co. Down, and…...
Smithson, Annie M(ary) P(atricia)
Smithson, Annie M(ary) P(atricia) (1873–1948), author, nurse, republican, and trade unionist, was born Margaret Anne Jane Smithson 26 September 1873 at 22 Claremont Rd, Sandymount, Dublin, daughter of Samuel Raynor Smithson, a protestant, unionist barrister, and Margaret Louisa…...
Smyly, Henry Jocelyn
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Smyly, Sir William Josiah
Smyly, Sir William Josiah (1850–1941), obstetrician and gynaecologist, was born 14 November 1850 at 13 Merrion Sq., Dublin, third of six sons among eleven children of Josiah Smyly, FRCSI, and…...
Stack, Mary Meta (‘Molly’) Bagot
Stack, Mary Meta (‘Molly’) Bagot (1883–1935), founder of the Women's League of Health and Beauty, was born 12 June 1883, probably in Dublin, second daughter among four daughters and two sons of Charlotte Stack (née Thompson) (d. 1929) from Omagh, Co. Tyrone, and her husband…...
Stacpoole, Henry de Vere
Stacpoole, Henry de Vere (1863–1951), doctor and novelist, was born 9 April 1863 at Kingstown (Dún Laoghaire), Co. Dublin, the youngest child and only son of Rev. William Church Stacpoole, clergyman and director of Kingstown school, and his wife, Charlotte Augusta (née Mountjoy),…...
Stearne (Sterne), John
Stearne (Sterne), John (1624–69), founder of the (Royal) College of Physicians of Ireland, was born 26 November 1624 at Ardbraccan, Co. Meath, the eldest of three sons of John Stearne, of Stapleford, Cambridgeshire, who came to Ireland as ‘officer’ to…...
Steevens, Grizel
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Steevens, Richard
Steevens, Richard (c.1654–1710), MD and benefactor, and Grizel (Grizell, Grissell) Steevens (c.1654–1747), heiress, were the twin children of John Steevens (d. 1682), a clergyman from the benefice of Cherill in Calne, Wiltshire, England, and Constance Steevens (…...
Stephenson, George Vaughan
Stephenson, George Vaughan (1901–70), rugby footballer and medical doctor, was born 22 December 1901 in Dromore, Co. Down, son of a Church of Ireland clergyman. Educated at Clanrye preparatory school in Belfast and at the RBAI…...
Stephens, William
Stephens, William (1696–1760), physician, was the son of Walter Stephens and the great-grandson of Colonel Richard Stephens, governor of Ross in Co. Wexford. He was schooled in Dublin and studied natural philosophy at the University of Glasgow in 1715. In September 1716 he enrolled…...
Stewart, Henry Hutchinson
Stewart, Henry Hutchinson (1798–1879), doctor, hospital governor, and philanthropist, was born 23 June 1798 in Co. Wicklow, second son among six sons and three daughters of the Rev. Abraham Augustus Stewart (d. 1812), rector of Donabate, Co. Dublin, and chaplain to the lord lieutenant,…...
Stoker, Sir (William) Thornley
Stoker, Sir (William) Thornley (1845–1912), surgeon, was born 6 March 1845 in Marino Crescent, Clontarf, Co. Dublin, the eldest of five sons and two daughters of Abraham Stoker (1799–1876), a senior civil servant in Dublin Castle, and Charlotte Matilda Blake Stoker (née Thornley…...
Stokes, William
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Stokes, William
Stokes, William (1804–78), physician and pioneer cardiologist, was born July 1804 in Dublin, second among ten children of Whitley Stokes (qv), FTCD, physician, and Mary Anne Stokes (née…...
Stoney, Richard Atkinson
Stoney, Richard Atkinson (1877–1966), surgeon, was born 13 May 1877 in Dublin, son of the Rev. Robert Baker Stoney, rector of Holy Trinity, Killiney, Co. Dublin, and canon and treasurer of Christ Church cathedral, Dublin, and his wife Katherine Mabel, fourth daughter of Richard…...
Swanzy, Sir Henry Rosborough
Swanzy, Sir Henry Rosborough (1843–1913), ophthalmic surgeon, was born 6 November 1843 in Dublin, eldest son of John Swanzy, solicitor, of Wellington Road, Dublin, and his wife Frances Margaret, daughter of Francis Mills of Dublin. His family were descended from Henry Swanzy of…...
Tenison, Edward King
Tenison, Edward King (1805–78), pioneer photographer, landed gentleman, and MP, was born 21 January 1805, second son of Col. Thomas Tenison of Castle Tenison (later Kilronan Castle), Co. Roscommon, MP for Boyle 1792, and Lady Frances Anne King, daughter of Edward, 1st earl of…...
Todd, Charles Hawkes
Todd, Charles Hawkes (1782–1826), surgeon, was born 6 November 1782 in Sligo, son of Andrew Todd, a surgeon apothecary, and Alicia Todd (née Hawkes). He was educated in Dublin and subsequently indentured (1797) to James Henthorn (1744–1832), the much esteemed surgeon of the House…...
Todd, Robert Bentley
Todd, Robert Bentley (1809–60), physician, teacher, and physiologist, was born 9 April 1809 in Dublin, second among nine sons and six daughters of Charles Hawkes Todd (qv), surgeon, and Elizabeth Todd (née Bentley). He was…...
Todhunter, John
Todhunter, John (1839–1916), poet, playwright, and physician, was born 30 December 1839 at 19 Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin, elder son of Thomas Harvey Todhunter, merchant, and Hannah Todhunter (née Harvey), a native of Limerick city. His paternal grandfather, also John…...
Travers, Robert English
Travers, Robert English (1807–88), physician, scholar and librarian, was born 24 June 1807 in Dublin, son of William T. E. Travers, LLD, and Mary Travers (née Parker). Travers had little education at home and when his father died, having gambled…...
Wade, Walter
Wade, Walter (c.1740–1825), botanist, was born in Dublin, son of John Wade (d. 1799), chemist and apothecary, and Katherine Wade. In 1767 John Wade's proposal, sanctioned by (Royal) King and Queen's College of Physicians Ireland ((R)K&QCPI; forerunner of RCPI), to establish…...
Walsh, Albert Jasper
Walsh, Albert Jasper (1815–80), doctor, was born 15 April 1815 in Dundrum Castle, Co. Dublin, second among at least three sons and one daughter of John Walsh, merchant and Prussian consul in Dublin, and Sarah Walsh (née Hayes). He was educated at Feinaiglian School, Dublin, before…...