词条 | Henry MacCormac (physician) |
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| name = Henry MacCormac |imagesize = | caption = Dr Henry MacCormac | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1800|6|30}} | birth_name = Henry MacCormac | birth_place = Carnan | death_date = {{death date|df=yes|1886|6|9}} | death_place = Belfast | occupation = Physician | genre = | movement = | website = | spouse = Mary Newsam | children = Five children including Sir William MacCormac | nationality = British Subject, | education = Royal Armagh School, University of Edinburgh | language = English }} Henry MacCormac (1800–1886) was a notable nineteenth century medical doctor and candidate for a chair at Queen's University in Northern Ireland. He was also a man of letters who corresponded with well-known Victorian era intellectuals such as John Stuart Mill. Early life and backgroundHenry MacCormac was born in Carnan, County Armagh, Ireland in 1800. His father, John MacCormac (d. 1811) was a wealthy linen merchant and his mother, Mary Ann Hall, (1766–1846), was the daughter of Colonel Joseph Hall, a prosperous distiller who lived at "Hall Place" in Lurgan. Henry MacCormac's paternal grandfather was Cornelius MacCormac, R.N., who was a high-ranking officer in the Royal Navy according to the MacCormac family records. EducationHenry MacCormac qualified in Dublin, Paris and earned a Medical Doctorate at the University of Edinburgh in 1916[1] and also became a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh. Visit to Sierra LeoneIn the early 1800s, Henry MacCormac travelled to Sierra Leone, where his brothers, Hon. John MacCormac, (1794–1865) and Hamilton Edmond MacCormac, (d. 1859), lived as timber merchants. John MacCormac was a prosperous businessman who served as a Member of the Colonial Council in Sierra Leone and later as a Police Magistrate of the Colony. CareerMacCormac served as a well-known physician and was a candidate for a chair at Queen's University in Northern Ireland. After retiring from his medical practice, MacCormac engaged in literary and scholarly pursuits and corresponded with a number of important Victorian era intellectuals. FamilyHenry MacCormac married his distant cousin, Mary Newsam, the daughter of William Newsam, a wealthy linen merchant whose family went to Ireland in 1640. The MacCormac family had three sons and two daughters, including William MacCormac, who served as President of the Royal College of Physicians and was knighted by Queen Victoria. Through his youngest son, Henry MacCormac was also the great grandfather of Sir Richard MacCormac, a notable architect in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Later lifeHenry MacCormac died at Fisherwick Place, Belfast on 26 May 1886 at the age of 86. Publications
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References1. ^{{cite web|last1=MacCormac|first1=Henry|title=Varieties of impetigo|url=https://www.era.lib.ed.ac.uk/handle/1842/21372|website=Edinburgh Research Archive|accessdate=25 April 2017}} External links
6 : 1800 births|19th-century Irish medical doctors|1886 deaths|Physicians from Belfast|MacCormac family of County Armagh, Northern Ireland|Alumni of the University of Edinburgh |
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