Arthur Jacob | |
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 Photograph of a marble bust of Arthur Jacob on the main staircase of the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland | |
| Born | Arthur Jacob June 1790 Maryborough, Ireland |
| Died | 1874 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Citizenship | Ireland |
| Occupation | Ophthalmologist |
Arthur Jacob (1790–1874) was an Irish ophthalmologist. He is known for founding several hospitals, a medical school, and a medical journal. He contributed to science and academia through his 41-year term as Professor of Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) and as the first Irish ocular pathologist.[1] He was elected President of RCSI in 1837 and 1864.[2]
- ^ Somerville-Large, L. B (1948). "THE FIRST IRISH OCULAR PATHOLOGIST: Arthur Jacob (1790-1874)". British Journal of Ophthalmology. 32 (9): 601–617. doi:10.1136/bjo.32.9.601. PMC 512141. PMID 18170498.
- ^ Cameron, Charles Alexander (1886). History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish schools of medicine : including a medical bibliography and a medical biography. Dublin: Fannin. pp. 390.