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Sir Henry Jebb (died 1811) was an Irish surgeon and midwife, who served as the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1800.

Career

Henry Jebb set up practice as a surgeon and man-midwife in 1777 in Dublin. For services of an obstetric nature, rendered in Dublin Castle, he received in 1782 the honour of knighthood from the Lord Lieutenant. Jebb was one of the original members of the Dublin Surgeons' Society, and was elected a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland at their first meeting. For many years he was a surgeon to Mercer's Hospital. He died in 1811, at Dromartin House, which he had built, near Dundrum, County of Dublin, and was buried in the little churchyard at Glasnevin Village, County of Dublin.

References

1. Dublin delineated in twenty-six views, etc. Dublin: G. Tyrrell, 1837. p. 49.
2. ^ Cameron, Charles Alexander; Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society. Library, Provenance; British Medical Association, Provenance; University of Bristol. Library (1886). History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish schools of medicine : including numerous biographical sketches, also a medical bibliography. University of Bristol. Dublin : Fannin.
3. RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 21 June 2018.Archived 2015-06-14 at the Wayback Machine

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