# Gustavus Hume

> Gustavus Hume was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in the first part of 1795. He specialised in the diseases of children. He was one of the surgeons who examined the body of the journalist William Jackson after he died from poisoning in a Dublin court in 1795 while awaiting sentencing for high treason.

*Surgeon from Ireland*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gustavus-hume

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1732
- **Died:** 1812-02-07
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Gustavus Hume was the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) in the first part of 1795. He specialised in the diseases of children. He was one of the surgeons who examined the body of the journalist William Jackson after he died from poisoning in a Dublin court in 1795 while awaiting sentencing for high treason.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 27.2
- **Momentum:** 1.0

## Sources
- [Gustavus Hume](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavus_Hume)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q53837966)

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