Illustration of Sir Thomas Naghton Fitzgerald from the Leader 31 May 1902.
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Thomas Fitzgerald was born on 1 August 1838. He was educated at St. Mary's College, Kingstown, and afterwards trained at Mercer's Hospital, Dublin. The celebrated Mr. Butcher was his mentor there, and in 1857 Mr. Fitzgerald gained the degree of Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons.
He left for Victoria in 1858, and arrived in Melbourne on July 7 of that year. After a short spell working as a dresser at the Melbourne Hospital he went into private practice.
In 1860 Mr. Fitzgerald was elected to the position of full surgeon of the Melbourne Hospital. He occupied that position until a few years prior to his death whilst still maintaining his private hospital. On his retirement from the senior position on the indoor staff he was appointed a consultant, and remained attached to the Hospital in that capacity until his death in 1908. He was also consulting surgeon to the St. Vincent's Hospital, the Queen Victoria Hospital, and the Austin Hospital, and was clinical lecturer at the Melbourne Hospital.
He was knighted in 1857.
He served as a consulting surgeon to the Imperial Forces in South Africa during the Boer War and was President of the Inter-Colonial Medical Congress of Australasia held in Melbourne in 1889.
He took a keen interest in the turf, owned a number of race horses, and was on the committee and served as an honorary surgeon to the Victoria Racing Club.
He collected artworks and bought the painting “Chloe” by J. J. Lefebvre in 1881. He loaned it to the National Gallery but it was withdrawn after much controversy and returned to him. After his death it was sold by his trustees for 800 guineas to Mr. Young, of Young & Jackson's hotel.
Sir Thomas Fitzgerald was married in 1870 to Miss Margaret Robertson, the daughter of Mr. James Robertson, of Launceston, Tasmania. His wife died in 1889. They had three daughters.
This article was researched by Kay Mack in the National Library of Australia's on-line collection of old newspapers in which there are many references to Sir Thomas Fitzgerald.
Thomas Fitzgerald was born on 1 August 1838. He was educated at St. Mary's College, Kingstown, and afterwards trained at Mercer's Hospital, Dublin. The celebrated Mr. Butcher was his mentor there, and in 1857 Mr. Fitzgerald gained the degree of Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons.
He left for Victoria in 1858, and arrived in Melbourne on July 7 of that year. After a short spell working as a dresser at the Melbourne Hospital he went into private practice.
In 1860 Mr. Fitzgerald was elected to the position of full surgeon of the Melbourne Hospital. He occupied that position until a few years prior to his death whilst still maintaining his private hospital. On his retirement from the senior position on the indoor staff he was appointed a consultant, and remained attached to the Hospital in that capacity until his death in 1908. He was also consulting surgeon to the St. Vincent's Hospital, the Queen Victoria Hospital, and the Austin Hospital, and was clinical lecturer at the Melbourne Hospital.
He was knighted in 1857.
He served as a consulting surgeon to the Imperial Forces in South Africa during the Boer War and was President of the Inter-Colonial Medical Congress of Australasia held in Melbourne in 1889.
He took a keen interest in the turf, owned a number of race horses, and was on the committee and served as an honorary surgeon to the Victoria Racing Club.
He collected artworks and bought the painting “Chloe” by J. J. Lefebvre in 1881. He loaned it to the National Gallery but it was withdrawn after much controversy and returned to him. After his death it was sold by his trustees for 800 guineas to Mr. Young, of Young & Jackson's hotel.
Sir Thomas Fitzgerald was married in 1870 to Miss Margaret Robertson, the daughter of Mr. James Robertson, of Launceston, Tasmania. His wife died in 1889. They had three daughters.
This article was researched by Kay Mack in the National Library of Australia's on-line collection of old newspapers in which there are many references to Sir Thomas Fitzgerald.
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