Background
Osborne was born in County Dublin, Ireland, the son of William Osborne of Cullenswood House.
Osborne was born in County Dublin, Ireland, the son of William Osborne of Cullenswood House.
He entered Trinity College, Dublin, in 1810 and graduated Bachelor in 1815 and Doctor of Medicine in 1818.
He started practice in Dublin. In 1823 he was elected Fellow of the College of Physicians and in 1825 lecturer of Materia Medica in Park Saint Medical School. Shortly afterwards he was appointed physician to Sir Patrick Dun"s Hospital and Mercer"s Hospital.
In Dublin he is remembered for the instruments he devised and for his studies on nervous diseases.