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ship held at the

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. The seat was created as University Professor of Surgery in 1852, and was made a Regius Professorship by

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in 1868. It is not currently occupied.

Holders

University Professor of Surgery

* James William Cusack (1852) * Robert Adams (1861)

Regius Professor of Surgery

* Robert Adams (1868) * William Colles (1875) * Sir George Porter, 1st Baronet (1891) * Sir Charles Ball, 1st Baronet (1895) * Edward Henry Taylor (1916) * William Taylor (1922) *

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(1933) *

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(1967) *

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(1973) * Thomas P.J. Hennessy (1984)

References

''Department of Surgery: History''
at School of Medicine website (mirrored at

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) {{University of Dublin, Trinity College 1852 establishments in Ireland Professorships at Trinity College Dublin Professorships in medicine

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