John Gilborne (fl. 1770/80s) was an Irish physician and poet. He lived in Vicar Street, off Thomas Street, in Dublin.
Gilborne's best known poetry is The Medical Review which was a source for Charles Cameron's biographical sketches in his history of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.Cameron, Sir Charles A. (1886) History of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and of the Irish Schools of Medicine &c Dublin: Fannin & Co. p. 40.
Selected works The Medical Review, a poem; Being a on the faculty of Dublin; physicians, surgeons, and apothecaries, marching in procession to the temple of fame (1775)The medical review. Trove. Retrieved 10 May 2018. The Triumphant Return, a Poem; In Latin and English: Humbly Dedicated to His Excellency George Grenville Nugent Temple (1788)The triumphant return. Stanford Libraries. Retrieved 10 May 2018. De regis convalescentia: On the king's recovery, an allegorical poem: in Latin and English. Alluding to the arms, crests, supporters, and mottos of the nobility of Great Britain and Ireland. (1789)De regis convalescentia. Stanford Libraries. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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