Thomas Hawkesworth Ledwich (1823 – 29 September 1858) was an eminent

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and surgeon.

Life

He was born in

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, where his father practised law, son of Edward Ledwich and Catherine Hawkesworth, both of Queen's County (now County Laois). He was a grandson of

Edward Ledwich Edward Ledwich LL.D. F.S.A. (1738 – 8 August 1823) was an Irish historian, antiquary and topographer. Life Ledwich was born in Dublin, the son of John Ledwich, a merchant. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, entering on 22 November 175 ...

, the controversial historian.

Medical career

He studied medicine in Dublin and became a fellow of the

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. He was a successful lecturer on anatomy and recognized the need for more facilities to teach medicine. He became lecturer in the "Original" School of Medicine in Peter St., Dublin, in 1849, which was renamed the Ledwich School in his honour after his death. This school, which by then had over 200 students, was later amalgamated with the College of Surgeons in 1889 and in 1894 incorporated into the adjacent Adelaide Hospital.Fleetwood, 1983 He was a frequent contributor to the

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and similar journals. His great work, ''The Anatomy of the Human Body'', was published in 1852. On the death of

Sir Philip Crampton Sir Philip Crampton, 1st Baronet, Royal Society, FRS (7 June 1777 – 10 June 1858) was an eminent Irish people, Irish surgeon and anatomist. He was President of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in 1811, 1820, 1844 and 1855. Life ...

he was appointed, in his place, surgeon to the

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. He died at the early age of 35 and was buried in

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