Herbert Macandrew Explained
Herbert Macandrew (ca. 1858 – 15 January 1917) was a New Zealand medical doctor and medical superintendent of the Seaview Asylum in Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island.Macandrew's father was the politician James Macandrew and he was one of four brothers and four sisters.[1]
He was born in Dunedin and attended Otago Boys High School.[2] He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh; after graduating in 1883 he worked at an asylum in Shrewsbury. He was assistant medical officer at Seacliff Asylum and from 1887 was medical superintendent at Seaview Asylum in Hokitika for 28 years.[3]
He and his wife had one son and two daughters.
Macandrew died of cancer on 15 January 1917 aged 57 in Hokitika. He is buried in the Hokitika Cemetery.
References
- News: 16 January 1917. Personal Pars. Grey River Argus. 23 April 2021. PapersPast. 23 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423023154/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19170116.2.11. live.
- Book: Wright St Clair, Rex. Historia nunc vivat: Medical practitioners in New Zealand, 1840 to 1930. Cotter Medical History Trust. 2013. Christchurch. 233. 1017488201. 9 July 2021. 28 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210128014550/http://wmhs.org.nz/medpractinnz.pdf. live.
- News: 4 March 1887. Death of Mr James Macandrew. Otago Witness. 23 April 2021. PapersPast. 23 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423020548/https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18870304.2.40.1. live.
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