Person
Munro, Andrew Watson (1858 - 1944)
- Born
- 1 March 1858
Tain, Rosshire, Scotland - Died
- 7 September 1944
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Summary
Andrew Munro helped to found and finance the Women's Hospital, Sydney in 1893. In 1900 it became a teaching hospital of the University of Sydney and during the 1920s Munro urged the establishment of a chair of obstetrics at the University.
Details
Chronology
- 1888 -
- Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Angus & Robertson - Records, 1824 - 1933, ML MSS 314; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection
- William Morris Hughes - Records, 1875 - c. 1979, MS 1538; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
University of Sydney, Archives
- Andrew Watson Munro - Records, 1893 - 1944; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Fitzsimons, T., 'Munro, Andrew Watson (1858-1944), obstetrician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 611-612. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100600b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24082434. Details
- 'Munro, Andrew Watson (1858-1944)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468688. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 3 October 2024
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