Charles Donovan
| Charles Donovan | |
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| Born |
19 September 1863 Calcutta (now Kolkata), India |
| Died | 29 October 1951 (aged 88) Moore Cottage Hospital, Bourton-on-the-Water, England |
| Resting place | Bourton-on-the-Water cemetery |
| Citizenship | British |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Fields |
Parasitology Medicine |
| Institutions |
Government General Hospital, Chennai Madras Medical College Government Royapettah Hospital |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin (MD) |
| Notable students | A.L. Mudaliar |
| Known for | Discovery of Leishmania donovani Donovanosis |
| Spouse | Mary Wren Donovan |
| Children | Helen Dnovan Amy Donovan Reagh Donovan |
Charles Donovan MD (19 September 1863 – 29 October 1951) was an Irish medical officer in the Indian Medical Service. He is best remembered for his discoveries of Leishmania donovani as the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis, and Klebsiella granulomatis as that of donovanosis. The son of a judge in India, he was born in Calcutta and completed his primary education in India, and continued secondary school in Cork City, Ireland. He graduated in medicine from Trinity College, Dublin and joined the Indian Medical Service. He participated in British expeditions to Mandalay in Burma, Royapuram and Mangalore in India, Afghanistan, and finally Madras (now Chennai), where he spent the rest of his service. He was professor at Madras Medical College from 1898 until his retirement in 1919.
Charles Donovan was the eldest of nine children of Charles Donovan. He was born in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in Bengal (now West Bengal), India. His father, an Irish judge, was working in the Indian Civil Service. He attended elementary schools in Dehra Dun and Mussoorie. In 1879 when he was thirteen years of age he was sent to Cork City in Ireland to live with his grandfather Rev Charles Donovan. He continued his education and entered Queen’s College, Cork. Then he studied medicine at Trinity College, Dublin. He received an MD degree in 1889 from the Royal University of Ireland.
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