Ephraim McDowel Cosgrave (18 July 1853 – 17 February 1925) was an eminent

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physician,

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and writer.

Biography

He was born in

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, son of William Alexander Cosgrave and Anna Maria, daughter of Dr. Ephraim McDowel. He studied in Dublin at

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, the House of Industry and the

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, taking degrees in chemistry in 1870 and in medicine in 1878. He became a member of the

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in 1880 and was president in 1914. He was physician to Simpson's Hospital, Cork St. Fever Hospital and

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in Dublin.Obituary, BMJ, 7 March 1925, p. 485 He was Professor of Biology in the

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and a knight of the

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. He was one of the principal founders of the Georgian Society, where he acted as honorary secretary. He was also a member of the

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. He was a recognized authority on old Dublin. He was president of the Amateur Photographic Society and of the Irish Chess Club, indulging in two of his favourite hobbies. In 1884 he married Anna, daughter of the Rev. Crofts-Bullen, of Ballythomas,

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. He died at his home in Gardiner Row, Dublin.

Works

*''The Student's Botany (1885)'' *''Official Handbook of the St. John Ambulance Association'' *''Illustrated Dictionary of Dublin (Sealy, Bryers and Walker, 1895)'' *''Catalogue of Engravings of Dublin'' *''Dublin and County Dublin in the Twentieth Century''

References and sources

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