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Nowland, Horace Henry (1886 - 1962)

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Psychiatrist
Born: 17 December 1886  Burwood, New South Wales, Australia.  Died: 31 August 1962  Lewisham, New South Wales.
Horace Henry Nowland was medical superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane at Gladesville from 1926 to 1950. He was an outstanding administrator with progressive methods and an enlightened approach to the treatment of the mentally ill.

Some of his many other appointments included Director of Mark Foy's and the Hydro-Majestic Hotel at Medlow Bath; Chariman of By-Products and Chemicals Pty Ltd and President of the diocesan council of the Holy Name Society's diocesan union and of the Catholic Luncheon Club for nearly 30 years.


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1910Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
1911 - 1913Medical adviser with the Mental hospitals branch of the Public Service
1913 - 1915Medical Officer at the Hospital for the Insane in Callan Park, New South Wales
1916 - 1923Senior Resident Medical Officer in Parramatta, New South Wales
1923 - 1926Medical Superintendent in Newcastle, New South Wales
1926 - 1950Medical Superintendent of the Hospital for the Insane in Gladesville, NSW
1940Knight of the Order of St Sylvester
1950 - 1962Private practice in Macquarie Street in Sydney

 

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