William John Edward Jessop (11 July 1902 – 11 June 1980) was an Irish academic, medical practitioner and an independent member of Seanad Éireann.
[2] He was a professor of Social Medicine at Trinity College Dublin (TCD).
[3] he was appointed professor of physiology and biochemistry in the Royal College of Surgeons in 1929, and served as physician at the Meath Hospital from 1930 to 1980.
[4] He was elected to the 7th Seanad on 12 March 1952 at a by-election for the Dublin University constituency caused by the resignation of Gardner Budd.
[2] Following his retirement from TCD, he became visiting professor of chemical pathology at the University of Ife in Nigeria.