Rambaut was born in
County Waterford,
Ireland, the fifth son of Rev. Edmund Francis Rambaut, vicar of Christ Church,
Blackrock, Dublin and Madeline Marland. He was educated at
Rathmines School,
The Royal School, Armagh and
Trinity College, Dublin, where he obtained first place in his final medical examination. He played rugby (kept secret from his parents, who were concerned that sport might interfere with his studies) for
Monkstown and
Dublin University and as an international, representing Ireland in 1887 and 1888. He was also a hurdler and a cricketer. He was the hero of the
Lansdowne Road crowd in February 1887, when Ireland beat England at rugby for the first time. He converted two tries, both of which he was instrumental in obtaining, which constituted the only scores of the match. In order to study the
pathology of the
nervous system he then studied at Wakefield Mental Hospital and at Vienna University. On his return to Ireland he became assistant medical officer and pathologist at the
Richmond District Lunatic Asylum,
Grangegorman. which later became the
Royal College of Psychiatrists. He married Esther Graham Ling in 1909. He was a brother of the astronomer
Arthur Alcock Rambaut. ==References==