John Gilborne Explained

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

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.^[1]

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)^[2]
• The Triumphant Return, a Poem; In Latin and English: Humbly Dedicated to His Excellency George Grenville Nugent Temple (1788)^[3]
• 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)^[4]

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/37417929?selectedversion=NBD45629467 The medical review.
3. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8749026 The triumphant return.
4. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8735233 De regis convalescentia.