Abraham Colles: Difference between revisions

Descended from a [[Worcestershire]] family, some of whom had sat in Parliament, he was born to William Colles and Mary Anne Bates of Woodbroak, [[County Wexford]]. The family lived near Millmount, a townland near [[Kilkenny]], Ireland, where his father owned and managed his inheritance which was the extensive Black Quarry that produced the famous Black [[Kilkenny Marble]]. His father died when Colles was 6, but his mother took over the management of the quarry and managed to give her children a good education. While at [[Kilkenny College]], a flood destroyed a local physician's house. Abraham found an anatomy book belonging to the doctor in a field and returned it to him. Sensing the young man's interest in medicine, the physician let Abraham keep the book.

 

 

[[File:Abraham Colles indenture 1790 to Phillip Woodroffe.jpg|thumb|Abraham Colles' indenture to Phillip Woodroffe, 1790<ref name=Murphy/>]]