James Macartney (anatomist)

James Macartney
Born8 March 1770
Died6 March 1843 (aged 72)
Occupationanatomist

James Macartney (born 8 March 1770 in Armagh, died 6 March 1843 in Dublin) was an Irish anatomist. He began life as an Irish volunteer in 1780, and was afterwards educated at the endowed classical school at Armagh, and then at a private school. He was associated for a time with the Sheares brothers and Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the United Irishmen but, being dissatisfied with their programme, he cut himself adrift and began to study medicine.