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

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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

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