Abraham Colles (23 July 1773 – 1843) was professor of Anatomy, Surgery and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He was born into a wealthy family near Millmount, a townsland near Kilkenny, Ireland. His family owned the Black Quarry which produced the famous Black Kilkenny Marble. While he was at grammar school in Kilkenny, there was a flood in which a local physician's house was destroyed. 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. He went on to enroll in Trinity College, University of Dublin in 1790 and received the Licentiate Diploma of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1795. Abraham went on to study medicine at Edinburgh, receiving his M.D. degree in 1797. Afterwards, he lived in London for a short period, working with the famous surgeon Sir Astley Cooper in his dissections of the inguinal region.
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