Charles Donovan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Donovan

Irish entomologist

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1863

Place of Birth: Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Date of Death: 29-Oct-1951

Profession: entomologist, military physician

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Charles Donovan MD (19 September 1863 – 29 October 1951) was an Irish medical officer in the Indian Medical Service.
He is best remembered for his discoveries of Leishmania donovani as the causative agent of visceral leishmaniasis, and Klebsiella granulomatis as that of donovanosis.
The son of a judge in India, he was born in Calcutta and completed his primary education in India, and continued secondary school in Cork City, Ireland.
He graduated in medicine from Trinity College, Dublin and joined the Indian Medical Service.
He participated in British expeditions to Mandalay in Burma, Royapuram and Mangalore in India, Afghanistan, and finally Madras (now Chennai), where he spent the rest of his service.
He was professor at Madras Medical College from 1898 until his retirement in 1919.