[1] He studied medicine in Dublin and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.
He was a successful lecturer on anatomy and recognized the need for more facilities to teach medicine.
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.
[3] On the death of Sir Philip Crampton he was appointed, in his place, surgeon to the Meath Hospital.
He died at the early age of 35 and was buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery.