Person
Kenny, Augustus Leo (1863 - 1946)
KGSG
- Born
- 29 July 1863
Salford, Lancashire, England - Died
- 27 September 1946
Kew, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Surgeon
Summary
Augustus Leo Kenny was a surgeon who contributed greatly to medical affairs in Victoria. He was the Eye and Ear Hospital's (Melbourne) inaugural honorary aural and ophthalmic surgeon (1893-1908); a founder of the Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne; a member of the Medical Board of Victoria; and a founder, honorary treasurer and secretary, and councilor of the College of Surgeons of Australasia. Kenny was a committed member of the Roman Catholic church and contributed significantly to the management of its affairs.
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Chronology
- 1870
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) with family
- 1885
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Melbourne
- 1886
- Education - Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University of Melbourne
- 1886 - 1888
- Career position - First Resident Surgeon at the Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne
- 1887 -
- Career position - Advisor and Confidant to Archbishop Carr, then Archbishop Mannix
- 1888 -
- Career position - Member of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom
- 1888
- Award - Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Papal) (KSG)
- 1888 - c. 1893
- Education - Study period in England
- 1893 - 1908
- Career position - First Honorary Ophthalmic and Aural Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1899
- Career position - President, British Medical Association, Victorian branch
- 1899
- Career position - Founder of the Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne
- 1900
- Career position - Secretary, Australasian Catholic congress
- 1904
- Career position - Secretary, Australasian Catholic congress
- 1907
- Award - Papal Chamberlain of Cape and Sword
- 1908 -
- Career position - Private practice in Collins Street, Melbourne
- 1914
- Career position - President, British Medical Association, Victorian branch
- 1923
- Career position - Honorary General Secretary, Australasian Medical Congress
- 1927 -
- Career position - Inaugural Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, College of Surgeons of Australasia
- 1927
- Career event - Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia
- 1927 - 1944
- Career position - Council member,College of Surgeons of Australasia (later Royal Australasian College of Surgeons)
- 1929
- Award - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Papal) (KGSG)
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Kenny, Patrick (Sir), The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Melbourne, Victoria: The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1984), 84 pp, https://www.surgeons.org/-/media/Project/RACS/surgeons-org/files/our-heritage-archives/founders.pdf. Details
Book Sections
- Hazell, T. A., 'Kenny, Augustus Leo (1863-1946)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 569-570. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090569b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535889. Details
- 'Kenny, Augustus Leo (1863-1946)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469206. Details
See also
- Howard, R. N., 'The founders of the College: Victoria', Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery, 51 (2) (1981), 227-38. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-2197.1981.tb05948.x. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 16 May 2024
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