Gillespie, Leonard

Education

M.D. 5.3.1795 on testimonials signed by James Sims and John Shadwick, London.

Birth/childhood

Born 20.5.1758 son of Leonard Gillespie, Armagh.

Career

Studied Edinburgh University - medical student 1783-1784.

Surgeon Royal Navy 1777. Physician to the Fleet. [Doctor]

Publications

Advice to the commanders and officers of His Majesty's fleet serving in the West Indies, on the preservation of the health of seamen.(London: Printed for J. Cuthill, 1798)

Death

Died Paris [France] 13.1.1842.

Sources

  • J. J. Keevil in Bull. Hist. Med. xxviii 1954 pp301 - 332
  • United Service Journal1842 p448