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Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
1830–1921
A leading Irish physician, chemist, and public health reformer, he spent decades improving sanitation and health standards in Dublin. He also wrote widely on hygiene, medicine, and the history of Irish medical education.
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The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock
by Sir Charles Alexander Cameron
About the author
Born in Dublin on 16 July 1830, Sir Charles Alexander Cameron became one of Ireland’s best-known medical and public health figures. Trained in medicine and chemistry, he built a career that crossed science, civic service, and writing, and he was especially associated with the growing movement for modern public hygiene.
For more than fifty years, he was in charge of Dublin Corporation’s public health work, where he pushed for better sanitation and stronger health protections in a fast-changing city. He was also closely connected with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, serving as its president in 1885, and published numerous books and papers on hygiene, chemistry, and medical history.
Cameron died in Dublin on 27 February 1921. His long life left a strong mark on Irish public health, and he is still remembered as a practical reformer who helped make scientific thinking part of everyday urban health policy.