John Gilborne
John Gilborne was an Irish physician and poet. He lived in Vicar Street, off Thomas Street, in Dublin.
Gilborne's best known poetry is The Medical Review which was a source for Charles Cameron's biographical sketches in his history of the Royal [College of Surgeons in Ireland].
Selected works
- The Medical Review, a poem; Being a on the faculty of Dublin; physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries, marching in procession to the temple of fame
- The Triumphant Return, a Poem; In Latin and English: Humbly Dedicated to His Excellency George Grenville Nugent Temple
- ''De regis convalescentia: On the king's recovery, an allegorical poem: in Latin and English. Alluding to the arms, crests, supporters, and mottos of the nobility of Great Britain and Ireland.''