DUBLIN(1837) p049 THE COLLEGE OF SURGEONS

Clement Archer (December 21, 1748-1803) was a

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and president of the

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(RCSI). Clement Archer was born in

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on December 21, 1748. He was educated as a surgeon, and on February 4, 1772, was examined by the County Infirmaries' Board, and "passed" for the

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Infirmary. He settled in

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in 1774 and was an original member of the Surgeons' Society. In 1785, he, together with surgeons Bolger, Lindsay, Costelloe, Hartigan, and Graydon, and Drs. Brereton, Percival, Dickson, Kennedy, Bell, and Boyton, founded the Dublin General Dispensary in the old

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yard, Temple Bar, the

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being Sir William Newcomen. In 1797, Archer became Assistant Surgeon to Dr Steevens' Hospital and later succeeded John Whiteway as Surgeon of the

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. He was perhaps the first medical man in

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who practiced

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. He was a member of the Dublin Medico-Philosophic Society. In 1789 Archer was elected the first Professor of

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in RCSI. In 1791 he was appointed State Surgeon of Ireland. Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886
''History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c''
Dublin: Fannin & Co. pp. 324-325. Clement Archer became the President of the RCSI in 1795.RCSI Presidents since its foundation in 1784.
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, 2015. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

References

Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Irish surgeons 1748 births 1803 deaths Irish health officials Medical doctors from County Wexford {{med-bio-stub