Harriette Lombard Hennessy

Harriette Lombard Hennessy
Born(1871-06-23)23 June 1871
Dublin, Ireland
Died13 April 1913(1913-04-13) (aged 41)
Killavullen, Ireland
Occupation(s)Medical doctor, author, advisor on the Encyclopædia Britannica
SpouseJames Walter Hennessy (married 1892)
Children2

Harriette Lombard Hennessy (née Sheehy;[1] 23 June 1871 - 13 April 1913)[2] was an Irish medical doctor, author, and advisor on medical articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica.[3]

Life

Harriette Mary Lombard Sheehy was born on 23 June 1871 in Dublin, Ireland.[3] She was the daughter of Charlotte (née Lombard) and Edward Bryan Sheehy.[1] In 1892, she married James Walter Hennessy.[1][4] The couple had two children: Christopher James (born 1893), and Olive Mary Hope (born 1894).[1] James Walter Hennessy died in 1896.[1]

Hennessy gained her M.D. degree in Brussels,[5] and was licensed to practise by the Royal College of Physicians in the same year.[3][6] By this time, medical schools in Ireland were open to women, and she was licensed to practise as both a physician and a surgeon.[3] She opened her own medical practice in Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin.[3]

Hennessy was involved with the Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association, including by holding drawing room meetings at her Dublin home.[7] She was also associated with the Irish Women's Progressive Union, for whom she spoke.[8]

Hennessy acted as medical advisor to the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.[3] She was given charge of sub-editing entries on medical topics, as well as contributing a number of her own.[3][9] These appeared under her initials, "H. L. H.".[9]

Hennessy died on 13 April 1913 in Killavullen, Ireland.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Burke, Bernard; Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles (1912). A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Ireland. Robarts - University of Toronto. London : Harrison.
  2. ^ "Calendars of Wills and Administrations, 1858 - 1922". www.willcalendars.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Thomas, Gillian (1992). A position to command respect : women and the eleventh Britannica. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2567-3.
  4. ^ "Irish Society". Irish Society (Dublin). 4 June 1892. p. 5.
  5. ^ THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA: A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, LITERATURE AND GENERAL INFORMATION - Volume XX Ode to Payment of Members. Cambridge: Univ. Press. 1911.
  6. ^ British Medical Journal. BMJ Publishing Group. 17 November 1900. p. 1480.
  7. ^ "Irish Women's Suffrage and Local Government Association". Women's Suffrage Record. 1 March 1904. p. 9.
  8. ^ "From Day to Day". Dublin Daily Express. 14 February 1899. p. 5.
  9. ^ a b H.", the initials "H L. "Harriette Lombard Hennessy - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2023-12-02.