Person

Montgomery, Sydney Hamilton Rowan (1869 - 1916)

Born
25 October 1869
Belfast, Ireland
Died
1 March 1916
Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation
Psychiatrist

Summary

Sydney Montgomery played a vital role in the treatment and management of the insane in Western Australia (WA). As Inspector General and Medical Officer for the Insane, Montgomery oversaw the running of all mental health facilities in WA and introduced the 1904 Lunacy Act and the 1912 Inebriates Act. He was also the local branch president of the British Medical Association in 1909.

Details

Chronology

1879 - 1888
Education - Studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Ireland
1894
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), Royal University of Ireland
c. 1895 - c. 1896
Career position - Ship's Surgeon on the City of Agra, India and South America
1897 - c. 1900
Career position - Assistant at the Nottingham City Asylum for the Insane, UK
1901 - 1902
Career position - Superintending Medical Officer of Asylums in Western Australia
20 June 1901
Life event - Migrated to Australia (Fremantle, WA)
1903 -
Career position - Inspector General and Medical Officer for the Insane
1904
Career position - Drafted Western Australia's new Lunacy Act
1905
Career position - Co-established (with WP Birmingham) a three-year training act for mental-care nurses
1910
Career position - President, British Medical Association, Western Australian branch
1912
Career position - Drafted the Inebriates Act

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Ellis, A. S., 'Montgomery, Sydney Hamilton Rowan (1869-1916)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 559-560. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100545b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Ellis, Archie Samuel, 'Sydney Hamilton Montgomery (1869-1916), Psychiatrist', Australia and New Zealand Journal of Surgery, 10 (1986), 559-560. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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