Daniel Frederick Rambaut (6 August 1865 – 30 November 1937) was an Irish psychiatrist, one of the pioneers of modern psychiatry, and an Ireland rugby union international.Obituary, ''Journal of Mental Science'', January 1938

Life

Rambaut was born in

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, Ireland, the fifth son of Rev. Edmund Francis Rambaut, vicar of Christ Church,

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and Madeline Marland. He was educated at

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, The Royal School, Armagh and

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, where he obtained first place in his final medical examination. He played rugby (kept secret from his parents, who were concerned that sport might interfere with his studies) for Monkstown and

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and as an international, representing Ireland in 1887 and 1888. He was also a hurdler and a cricketer. He was the hero of the Lansdowne Road crowd in February 1887, when Ireland beat England at rugby for the first time. He converted two tries, both of which he was instrumental in obtaining, which constituted the only scores of the match. In order to study the pathology of the nervous system he then studied at Wakefield Mental Hospital and at Vienna University. On his return to Ireland he became assistant medical officer and pathologist at the

Richmond District Lunatic Asylum St. Brendan's Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Naomh Breandán) was a psychiatric facility located in the north Dublin suburb of Grangegorman. It formed part of the mental health services of Dublin North East with its catchment area being North West Du ...

Grangegorman Grangegorman () is an inner suburb on the northside of Dublin city, Ireland. The area is administered by Dublin City Council. It was best known for decades as the location of St Brendan's Hospital, which was the main psychiatric hospital ser ...

. In 1913 he was appointed Medical Superintendent of

St Andrew's Hospital St Andrews Hospital is a mental health facility in Northampton, England. It is managed by St Andrew's Healthcare. History Formation The facility was founded by public subscription for "private and pauper lunatics" and opened as the Northampton ...

, Northampton, then the largest private mental hospital in England, where he remained until his death in 1937. He was also President of the Royal Medico-psychological Association in 1934, which later became the Royal College of Psychiatrists. He married Esther Graham Ling in 1909. He was a brother of the astronomer

Arthur Alcock Rambaut Arthur Alcock Rambaut (21 September 1859 – 14 October 1923) was an Irish astronomer. Life Rambaut was born in County Waterford, Ireland, the third son of Rev. Edmund F. Rambaut, vicar of Christ Church, Blackrock, County Dublin. He was educate ...

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