John MacDonnell (surgeon)
John MacDonnell (11 February 1796 – 20 January 1892) was an Irish surgeon and pioneer of surgical anaesthesia in Ireland. Life and family John MacDonnell was born in 15 Donegall Place, Belfast on 11 February 1796. His parents were James MacDonnell (physician), James, a prominent physician and civic leader, and Elizabeth MacDonnell (née Clarke, died 1798). He had one older brother, Sir Alexander Macdonnell, 1st Baronet, Alexander, and a sister. He attended the Belfast Royal Academy, Belfast Academy, and later Trinity College Dublin, graduating with a BA in 1818. From 1813 he was apprenticed to Richard Carmichael (physician), Richard Carmichael. Carmichael became MacDonnell's patron and friend, eventually bequeathing MacDonnell £5,000 and appointing him executor of his estate. MacDonnell also studied at Richmond Surgical Hospital, Richmond Hospital, and in 1821 received his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery#Ireland, LRCSI. He studied in London, Edinburgh and Paris, gradu ...
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Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest in Ireland. It had a population of 345,418 . By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, briefly becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname "Linenopolis". By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the , was the world's largest shipyard. Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration, made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland ...
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