Sir Joseph Francis Olliffe, Master of Arts, Doctor of Medicine, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians was an Irish-born British physician.
Background
Sir Joseph Olliffe was born in 1808 in Cork, Ireland. His father was Joseph Francis Olliffe (c1776 - 1830), a merchant of Cork. His mother was Elizabeth McCarthy (1777 - 10 March 1851), who was the daughter of Charles McCarthy of Sunville, County Limerick.
Education
He was educated in Paris, and graduated Master of Arts at the university in 1829, and Doctor of Medicine in 1840.
Career
Foreign some time he acted as tutor in the family of the Count de Cresnoi, but in 1840 he commenced the practice of medicine in Paris. He was a fellow of the Anatomical Society of Paris, and at one period filled the post of president of the Paris Medical Society. In March 1852 he became physician to the British embassy, and on 13 June 1853 was knighted at Buckingham Palace.
The board of trade nominated him a juror for hygiene, pharmacy, surgery, and medicine in the French international exhibition in April 1855.
In 1861 he was appointed one of the committee for sanitary appliances in the international exhibition of 1862, and he became a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1859. He enjoyed for many years a large practice and considerable social position.
On 19 April 1841, Sir Joseph married Laura Cubitt, who was born on 2 February 1823 in Street Pancras, Middlesex, England and died in 1898 in London. He died in Brighton, England on 14 March 1869.