John Gilborne (''fl.'' 1770/80s) was an Irish physician and poet. He lived in Vicar Street, off Thomas Street, in

Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...

. Gilborne's best known poetry is ''The Medical Review'' which was a source for Charles Cameron's biographical sketches in his history of the

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland's first private university. It was established in 1784 ...

.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. p. 40.

Selected works

* ''The Medical Review, a poem; Being a on the faculty of Dublin; physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries, marching in procession to the temple of fame'' (1775) * ''The Triumphant Return, a Poem; In Latin and English: Humbly Dedicated to His Excellency George Grenville Nugent Temple'' (1788) * ''De regis convalescentia: On the king's recovery, an allegorical poem: in Latin and English. Alluding to the arms, crests, supporters, and mottos of the nobility of Great Britain and Ireland.'' (1789)''De regis convalescentia''.
Stanford Libraries. Retrieved 10 May 2018.

References

18th-century Irish medical doctors Irish male poets Year of birth missing Year of death missing Medical doctors from Dublin (city) Writers from Dublin (city) 18th-century Irish poets {{Ireland-med-bio-stub