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Kenny, Augustus Leo (1863 - 1946)

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

 

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