Robert Goldsborough

Robert Goldsborough, one of the founders of MedChi, was born at Four Square, Talbot County, Maryland on December 4, 1772. He was a son of John Goldsborough, and a member of an old (even at that time) Eastern Shore family. Goldsborough became the President of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty from 1826 to 1836. He was an old-fashioned gentleman, very fine looking, precise and primly-dressed in the old style. He drove a chaise and horses. He married Mrs. Henrietta Nicholson Bracco, widow of Dr. John Bracco. He left one son. Robert Goldsborough died in Centerville, Maryland on September 30, 1849.