John St. Clair Boyd
Dr. John St. Clair Boyd (1858 - 1918) was an Irish gynaecologist, surgeon and first president of the Belfast Gaelic League.
Life[]
Boyd, a member of the Church of Ireland, was born in Holywood, County Down and studied medicine at Queen's College, Belfast.[1] He worked for a time in Birmingham and returned in 1888 to Belfast to work at the Hospital for Sick Children, Queen Street, as assistant surgeon. He later became gynaecologist at the .[2]
He was the first President of the Belfast Gaelic League, in 1895. He was also involved with the Dublin Pipers' Club and adjudicated at musical festivals. In the 1890s he was a member of the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club, for which he wrote a number of articles.
He married Helen Anne Cochran Macadam on 1 November 1887 at Duddingston Parish Church, Edinburgh.[3]
References and sources[]
- ^ "John St Clair Boyd". www.newulsterbiography.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-05-05.
- ^ Dictionary of Ulster Biography
- ^ [1] Family tree
- 1858 births
- 1918 deaths
- 19th-century Irish people
- Irish naturalists
- Irish gynaecologists
- People from County Down
- European medical biography stubs
- Irish scientist stubs