| Authorised form of name | Kiernan; Francis (1800 - 1874) |
| Dates | 1800 - 1874 |
| Place of birth | Ireland |
| Date of birth | 02 October 1800 |
| Place of death | His residence, 30 Manchester Street, Manchester Square, London |
| Date of death | 31 December 1874 |
| Dates and places | Burial:
Roman Catholic cemetery, Mortlake |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Research field | Anatomy |
| Activity | Education:
Old Hall, Ware, Hertfordshire; St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
Career:
Member of the Senate of the University of London; Examiner in Anatomy and Physiology; Lecturer in Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons; Kiernan's veins, in the liver, were named after him
Memberships:
MRCS (1825); FRCS (1843, Vice President 1864)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 18/12/1834 |
| Royal Society activity | Medals and prizes:
Copley Medal 1836 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/8018148574368524430008 |
| Royal Society code | NA1450 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1834/41 | Kiernan, Francis: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/1/163 | Referee's report by Francis Kiernan, on a paper 'On the muscularity of the iris' by Professor Maunoir | [1843] |
| RR/1/135 | Referee's report by William Clift, on a paper 'The anatomy and physiology of the liver' by Francis Kiernan | [1833] |
| RR/1/227 | Referee's report by Francis Kiernan, on a paper 'On the structure of normal and adventitous bone' by Alfred H Smee | 8 June 1840 |
| MC/4/318 | Letter from Francis Kiernan, 30 Manchester Street, to [Charles Richard] Weld, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 28 January 1850 |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/2/114 | Letter from Robert Hendley, 3 Charlotte Street, Bloomsbury, to the Council of the Royal Society | c. March 1834 |
| PT/73/16/5 | Drawings, lobules and hepatic, intralobular, and sublobular veins by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| PT/73/16/6 | Drawings, angular and circular lobules by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| PT/73/16/7 | Drawings, plexuses and interlobular branches by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| PT/73/16/9 | Drawings, sections of small portal vein and hepatic vein by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| PT/73/16/8 | Drawings, vaginal branches from hepatic vein by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| PT/73/16/11 | Drawing, internal surface of hepatic duct by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| PT/73/16/10 | Drawings, hepatic duct and section of portal canal by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| PT/73/16/12 | Drawing, interlobular ducts by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| PT/73/16/14 | Drawing, transverse section of portal canal by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| MC/4 | Volume 4 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1844-1850 |
| PT/73/16/13 | Drawing, hepatic vein, biliary ducts, and interlobular branches by [Francis Kiernan] | [1833] |
| AP/23/10 | Unpublished paper, 'On the structure and functions of the spleen' by Thomas Gordon Hake | 20 June 1839 |