James Donovan M.D., Convict Ship Surgeon-Superintendent
Date of Seniority Royal Navy 15 April 1835
James Donovan was employed as Surgeon Superintendent on the convict ship Rajah with female prisoners to Van Diemen's Land in 1841. He kept a medical journal from 19th March 1841 to 19 July 1841.
James Donovan was on the Navy List of Officers fit for service in 1842.
He is listed in the Medical Register of 1865 -
Residence Killarney Co. Kerry.
Qualifications M.B. University Dublin 1827.
Member Royal College Surgeons England 1827.
NOTES AND LINKS
1) National Archives. Medical journal of the Rajah, convict ship from 19 March to 19 July 1841 by James Donovan, MD, surgeon superintendent, during which time the ship was employed in a voyage to Van Diemen's Land
