Person
Hughes, Wilfrid Kent (1865 - 1941)
- Born
- 3 January 1865
Brighton, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 8 November 1941
Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Ophthalmologist and Surgeon
- Alternative Names
- Kent Hughes, Wilfrid (Also known as)
Summary
Wilfrid Hughes was an ophthalmologist and surgeon who qualified in medicine in the United Kingdom and spent several years at the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital and other major hospitals in London. On returning to Melbourne he established a practice in Collins St, where he stayed for the rest of his life. For over 30 years he was Honorary Surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital, while also being a consultant at the Children's, St Vincent's and Queen Victoria Hospitals. Hughes specialised in diseases of the eye, ear and throat, and in paediatric orthopaedics. He was a founding member of the Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne, and President from 1906 to 1912.
Details
Chronology
- 1892
- Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons, London, and Licentiate Royal College of Physicians
- 1892
- Education - MB, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
- 1893
- Career event - Member, Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom
- 1899
- Career position - Foundation Member, Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne
- 1906 - 1912
- Career position - President, Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne
- 1915 - 1918
- Military service - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps
Related entries
Children
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Wilfrid Kent Hughes', Medical Journal of Australia, 1 (4, 24 January) (1942), 122-4, https://doi.org/10.5694/j.1326-5377.1942.tb83734.x. Details
- Lowe, Ronald F., 'The Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne (1899 - 1913)', Australian journal of ophthalmology, 8 (1980), 257-70, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.1980.tb00350.x. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'Death of Dr W. Kent Hughes', The Argus (1941), 3. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 13 November 2025