- Herbert Maitland
Infobox Person
name= Herbert Maitland
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birth_date= Birth date |1903|11|12
birth_place=Surry Hills, New South Wales
death_date= Death date |1977|5|23
death_place=Sydney, New South Wales
education=Newington College University of Sydney
occupation=Surgeon
title= Sir Herbert Maitland
spouse= Mabel Agnes, née Cook
parents= Duncan Mearns Maitland and Emily, née Dalgety
children= Two sons
nationality=Australian
website=Sir Herbert Lethington Maitland (12 November 1868 -23 May 1923 ) was anAustralia nsurgeon of the head and neck who was an early specialist inrhinoplasty . cite web
first=Ann
last=Mitchell
title =Maitland, Sir Herbert Lethington (1868 - 1923)
publisher =Australian National University
work =Australian Dictionary of Biography
url =http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100380b.htm
accessdate = 2008-06-27 ]Early life
Bert Maitland was born at
Surry Hills, New South Wales , the son of Duncan Mearns Maitland and Emily, née Dalgety. He attendedNewington College (1883-1887) [Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) pp125] and went up to theUniversity of Sydney in 1888 from whence he graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine and Chemistry with first-class honours in 1892. cite web
title =Alumni Sydneienses
publisher =University of Sydney
url =http://www.bull.usyd.edu.au/as/
accessdate = 2008-06-27 ]Medical career
After graduation he became a resident medical officer at
Sydney Hospital and in 1893 a senior R.M.O. The following year Maitland began private practice inElizabeth Street, Sydney and in 1895 he was appointed an honorary assistant surgeon at Sydney. He was appointed to the senior staff in 1902 and lectured to Sydney Hospital nurses from 1900 until 1909. When Sydney Hospital became a clinical school in 1909, Maitland was the first lecturer in clinical surgery. He was a councillor of the local branch of theBritish Medical Association from 1904 until 1916 and president for two years after that. Maitland also served as consultant surgeon at the Crown Street Women's Hospital, South Sydney Women's Hospital and The Coast Hospital. DuringWorld War 1 , Maitland was a surgeon and temporarylieutenant-colonel in theAustralian Army Medical Corps at the 4th Australian General Hospital, Randwick. In 1914 the Maitlands moved to a home and consulting rooms at 147Macquarie Street, Sydney that is now a wing of theRoyal Australasian College of Physicians headquarters. Two years later he became a director of Sydney Hospital and served on the house committee.portsman
Maitland played
Rugby Union for Newtown and during the 1890s was a regular boxer in Sydney. He was Honorary Surgeon at Rushcutters Bay Stadium from 1908. He played cricket, swam and shot as well as being a notedangler , winning competitions in fly-casting and big-game fishing.Death
Maitland died in his medical rooms of
coronary artery disease . An impromptu mourning procession occurred when doctors, medical students and nurses from Sydney Hospital, and Sydney citizens walked from his home and congregated atQueen Victoria 's statue near St James' Church. Survived by his wife, who later married Sir Frederick Edward French, and two sons, a third son had predeceased him, Maitland was buried in Waverley cemetery.Honours and memorials
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