Joseph Clarke was born in Desertlin, County Londonderry, and was educated in Glasgow and Edinburgh. He became a prosperous and distinguished physician, practising in Dublin, and it is said that of nearly four thousand cases of parturition he attended in his private practice during forty-four years, there were only twenty-two fatalities. He was Master of the Rotunda Hospital for seven years, during which time he kept an invaluable record. [Biography by Collins 1849]

Born:	8 April 1758
Died:	10 September 1834