Robert Harrison (surgeon)

[2][3][4] Robert Harrison was born in Cumberland, England, in 1793 and was sent to study at Trinity College Dublin, where he graduated with a degree in the arts.

In 1817, he was appointed Demonstrator in RCSI and was elected Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Trinity College Dublin in 1827.

He was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Surgery in the School of Physics at Trinity College Dublin in 1837.

[2] Harrison published Surgical Anatomy of the Arteries in two volumes in 1824, and it was considered a significant textbook at the time, running five editions.

[6][7] This was followed by another textbook, The Dublin Dissector Manual of Anatomy, later editions of which were published in London and New York.