Caoimhghín Seosamh Breathnach

Background

Breathnach, Caoimhghín Seosamh was born on October 13, 1923 in Dunlavin, Wicklow, Ireland. Son of Padraig Timothy and Máire Seosaphín (Whittle) Breathnach.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, BCh, Bachelor of the Arts of Obstetrics, National University Ireland, 1948. Doctor of Medicine, National University Ireland, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, National University Ireland, 1962.

Career

House physician, Mater Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 1948; house physician, St. Kevin's Hospital, Dublin, 1949; house physician, Fever Hospital, Dublin, 1950-1951; assistant medical officer, Rialto Chest Hospital, Dublin, 1951-1956; lecturer, University College, Cork, Ireland, 1956; associate professor, U. College, Dublin, 1957-1988. Postdoctoral research fellow Yale University, New Haven, 1962-1963.

Achievements

• Caoimhghín Seosamh Breathnach has been listed as a noteworthy Physiologist, medical historian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow Royal Academy Medicine Ireland. Member Physiological Society.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, ambling.

Connections

Father:

Padraig Timothy Breathnach

Mother:

Máire Seosaphín (Whittle) Breathnach