Robert Tennent (physician)
Robert Tennent (Tennant) | |
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Robert Tennent, MD, RN, circa 1815 | |
| Born | 1765 |
| Died | 1837 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation(s) | Physician, ship's surgeon, merchant, philanthropist |
| Movement | Friends of Civil and Religious Liberty |
Robert Tennent (sometimes spelled Tennant) (1765–1837) was an Irish physician, merchant and philanthropist in Belfast. Representative of a politically radical Presbyterian current in Ireland, in the years following the Acts of Union he was renowned for his confrontations with the local Tory establishment. Among the numerous civic initiatives with which he was associated, the most lasting proved to be Royal Belfast Academical Institution and what is today the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.