George Cleghorn

George Cleghorn was a prominent nineteenthcentury physician and surgeon in New Zealand. He was a progressive doctor who kept abreast of the latest advances in Europe, Britain and the United States and introduced new procedures and techniques into the mainstream of New Zealand medical practice. He served as President of the New Zealand Medical Association in 1897.

He was born in Calcutta, India onSeptember 1850, the son of James, a harbour pilot, and Susan Cleghorn. He was educated in England at Bedford Modern School. He studied medicine and surgery at St Thomass Hospital, London, qualifying as MRCS and LSA in 1872. He was also subsequently awarded the degree of MD by the University of Durham in 1891.

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