Charles O'Donovan, Jr. was born in Baltimore on February 7, 1860 and was a son of Dr. Charles O'Donovan. The junior Dr. O'Donovan was educated at Georgetown University where he received his A.B. in 1878. He received his medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1881 and his A.M. from Georgetown in 1999.
Dr. O'Donovan was a Professor of Diseases of Children at the Women's Medical College in Baltimore from 1894 to 1899, and a Clinical Professor of Diseases of Children at Baltimore Medical College. He was President of the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty in 1907-08, and Chief of the medical staff at St. Joseph's Hospital.
Dr. O'Donovan practiced medicine in Baltimore for more than 50 years, many years at his office at No. 10 East Read Street, following in the steps of his father and grandfather.
Dr. O'Donovan was the personal physician to Cardinal Gibbons, and was one of the most prominent Catholic laymen in Baltimore. His brother, Rev. Louis O'Donovan, said his funeral mass at the Basilica in Baltimore. His son, also Dr. Charles O'Donovan, was left his father's collection of medical books and instruments.
No comments:
Post a Comment