Henry Douglas Stephens

Henry Douglas Stephens

Henry Douglas Stephens (26 June 1877 - 17 June 1952) was an Australian paediatric surgeon.

He was born in Williamstown,Melbourne to John Charles Stephens, a newspaper owner, and his wife Kate. He was dux of Camberwell Grammar School and graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1900. On 6 September 1911 he married Eileen Cole.

He served at the Royal Children's Hospital for forty-five years and the Henry Douglas Stephens Memorial Operating Theatre was named in his honour. He was also a consultant paediatrician at the Women's Hospital, Melbourne, frpm 1931-45. He co-founded the Melbourne Paediatric Society. From 1935 to 1940 he was Dean of the Clinical School at the Royal Children's Hospital, and he was a councillor of the Royal Victorian College of Nursing and the Victorian Society for Crippled Children.

He had three daughters and a son, Frank Douglas Stephens.

References

* "Medical Journal of Australia", 20 Sept 1952
* "Victorian Historical Magazine", v33, no 1, Aug 1962

External links

* [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120083b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography Entry]


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