- George Augustus Auden
George Augustus Auden (1872 – 1957), English physician, professor of
public health , school medical officer, and writer on archaeological subjects.George Augustus Auden was educated at Repton and at
Christ's College, Cambridge , taking a first-class degree in natural sciences in 1893. He studied medicine atSt Bartholomew's Hospital ,London , and qualified in medicine in 1896. He then held several medical appointments in London before moving toYork where he was physician atYork County Hospital for fourteen years. His sonW. H. Auden was born at 54Bootham , York, in 1907, and in 1908 he moved toBirmingham , where he became the firstSchool Medical Officer andLecturer in Public Health atBirmingham University . Here he gained an international reputation as an innovative researcher and educator. During theFirst World War he served as a medical officer in the British Army inEgypt , Gallipoli, andFrance . He retired as School Medical Officer in 1937, but continued at the University and became Professor of Public Health in 1941.He married Constance Rosalie Bicknell in 1899. They had three sons: Bernard, who became a farmer; the geologist
John Bicknell Auden ; and the poetW. H. Auden .His archaeological interests are reflected in "Historical and Scientific Survey of York and District" (1906) which he edited, and to which he contributed the chapter on prehistoric archaeology.
Among his publications were:
* "Historical and Scientific Survey of York and District" (1906)
*"Heights and weights of Birmingham school children in relation to infant mortality". "School Hygiene", 1910:290–91.
*"The Birmingham Open-Air School". "The Medical Officer", 1912;7:253–55.
*"An experiment in the nutritive value of an extra milk ration". "Journal of the Royal Sanitary Institute", 1923;44:236–47.
*"An unusual form of suicide" (on auto-erotic strangulation), "Journal of Mental Science", 1927;73:428–31.References
*"G. A. Auden", "British Medical Journal", 18 May 1957 (1(5028):1187)
*"George Augustus Auden", "The Lancet ", 11 May 1957 (272(6976):999)
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