Woodroffe, John ♂

Education

M.D. 21.4.1810 on testimonials signed by William Hartigan M.D., Professor of Anatomy, Dublin, Hugh Ferguson and Samuel B. Labatt M.D. and Richard Dease M.D., Professor of Anatomy, Dublin.

Birth/childhood

Born 1785 son of John Woodroffe, merchant, Dublin.

Career

Studied Trinity College, Dublin - B.A.

Hospital assistant surgeon for many years prior to 1819. Assistant surgeon Staff 1819 to entitle him to half pay. Retired 1819. Practised in Cork. [Doctor]

Death

Died in Dublin 13.3.1859 aged 78.

Sources

• W. Johnston, Roll of Commissioned Officers in the Medical Service of the British Army 1727-1898 (Aberdeen, 1917) 4022
• Lancet 1859 i 331
• C. Cameron, History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. 2nd ed. (Dublin, 1916) p679