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Kenny, Augustus Leo (1863 - 1946)

Surgeon and Catholic layman

Born: 29 July 1863 Salford, Lancashire, England. Died: 27 September 1946 Kew, Victoria, Australia.

Augustus Leo Kenny was a surgeon who contributed greatly to medical affairs in Victoria. He was the Eye and Ear Hospital’s (Melbourne) inaugural honorary aural and ophthalmic surgeon (1893-1908); a founder of the Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne; a member of the Medical Board of Victoria; and a founder, honorary treasurer and secretary, and councilor of the Australasian College of Surgeons.
Kenny was also a devout Catholic who was heavily involved in the running of the Church in Victoria. He was confidant and advisor to the Archbishop from 1887 and first president of the Cathedral Club for Men (1903). He was awarded many papal honors including the Papal chamberlain of cape and sword (1907).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1870 Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) with family
1885 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Melbourne
1886 Bachelor of Surgery (ChB) completed at the University of Melbourne
1886 - 1888 First Resident Surgeon at the Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne
1887 - Advisor and Confidant to Archbishop Carr, then Archpishop Mannix
1888 - Member of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom
1888 Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Papal) (KSG)
1888 - c. 1893 Study period in England
1893 - 1908 First Honorary Ophthalmic and Aural Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne
1899 President of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch
1899 Founder of the Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne
1900 Secretary of the Australasian Catholic congress
1904 Secretary of the Australasian Catholic congress
1907 Papal Chamberlain of Cape and Sword
1908 - Private practice in Collins Street, Melbourne
1914 President of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch
1923 Honorary General Secretary of the Australasian Medical Congress
1927 - Inaugural Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Australasian College of Surgeons
1927 Founder of the Australasian College of Surgeons
1927 - 1944 Council member of the Australasian College of Surgeons
1929 Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Papal) (KGSG)

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 4 July 2005

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