| History | Andrew John Horne was born in Ballinasloe, county Galway in 1856, he was educated at Clongowes Wood College before studying medicine at the Carmichael School of Medicine in Dublin, and graduating as Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1877 and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland the following year. Specialising in obstetrics Horne initially worked at the Rotunda Hospital, in 1894 on the establishment of Holles St. Hospital, later the National Maternity Hospital, Horne was appointed Joint Master with Patrick Barry, a position Horne held for 30 years. Horne became a member of the College of Physicians in 1881 and a Fellow in 1885, he was President of the College from 1908-1910. He was also active in the obstetrical sections of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland and the British Medical Association. Horne was a talented pianist and played in a amateur trio with his friend and colleague Sir Francis Cruise. In 1913 Horne received a knighthood in recognition of his services to the Royal College of Physicians and to the National Maternity Hospital. Horne married Margaret Norman in 1884, they had five children including one who died in infancy. Their second son Andrew Horne followed his father into medicine, and also specialised in obstetrics. Horne died in Dublin in 1924 at the age of 68. |