page_title: Samuel Croker-King
hierarchical_section_title: Samuel Croker-King
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of the 1st president of Royal College of Surgeons, Samuel Croker-King (1728-1817)
context_page_description: Samuel Croker-King was an Irish surgeon who was associated with Doctor Steeven's Hospital in Dublin for sixty years. He was the first president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, from 1784 to 1785. He is thought to have saved the life of the child who became the Duke of Wellington. He invented his own trepanning device.
context_section_description: Samuel Croker-King (28 June 1728 – 12 January 1817) was an Irish surgeon who was associated with Doctor Steeven's Hospital in Dublin for sixty years. He was the first president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), from 1784 to 1785. He is thought to have saved the life of the child who became the Duke of Wellington. He invented his own trepanning device.
caption: Samuel Croker-King. Oil on canvas, n.d. Anonymous. Private collection.[1]
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