Arthur Leared

Arthur Leared
Born1822
Died16 October 1879(1879-10-16) (aged 56–57)
Resting placeHighgate Cemetery
Alma materTrinity College Dublin (BA, MB, MD)
Occupations
  • Physician
  • traveller
Known forInventing the binaural stethoscope
Spouses
Anne Eliza Jeffries
(m. 1853; died 1870)

Mary Jane Wynch
(m. 1872)

Arthur Leared FRCP (1822 – 16 October 1879) was an Irish physician and traveller of the world. He is best known for inventing the binaural stethoscope in 1851.