Born Taranaki 1 Apr 1858 Died Wellington 10 Feb 1938 
RSO & RMO, Edinburgh & Glasgow Royal Infirmaries 1887 Resident Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1888 - 89 Medical Superintendent, Seacliff Lunatic Asylum 1889 - 1920 Founder of the Society for the promotion of the Health of Women and Children (Plunket Society) 1907 Director of Child Welfare, 1921 - 24 Acting Inspector of Mental Defectives, 1924 Knighted 1925 Obituary: NZMJ 1938 37:94 Medical Journal of Australia 1938 1:547 The Lancet 1: 465 and 1:855 photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection |