Biographical entry Kenny, Augustus Leo (1863 - 1946)

Summary

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 honours including the Papal chamberlain of cape and sword (1907).

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Events

1870

Life event - Migrated to Australia (Melbourne) with family

1885

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Melbourne

1886

Education - Bachelor of Surgery (ChB) completed at the University of Melbourne

1886 - 1888

Career position - First Resident Surgeon at the Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne

1887 -

Career position - Advisor and Confidant to Archbishop Carr, then Archbishop Mannix

1888 -

Career position - Member of the Ophthalmological Society of the United Kingdom

1888

Award - Knight of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Papal) (KSG)

1888 - c. 1893

Education - Study period in England

1893 - 1908

Career position - First Honorary Ophthalmic and Aural Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne

1899

Career position - President of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch

1899

Career position - Founder of the Ophthalmological Society of Melbourne

1900

Career position - Secretary of the Australasian Catholic congress

1904

Career position - Secretary of the Australasian Catholic congress

1907

Award - Papal Chamberlain of Cape and Sword

1908 -

Career position - Private practice in Collins Street, Melbourne

1914

Career position - President of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch

1923

Career position - Honorary General Secretary of the Australasian Medical Congress

1927 -

Career position - Inaugural Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Australasian College of Surgeons

1927

Career position - Founder of the Australasian College of Surgeons

1927 - 1944

Career position - Council member of the Australasian College of Surgeons

1929

Award - Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great (Papal) (KGSG)

Published resources

Book Sections

• Hazell, T. A., 'Kenny, Augustus Leo (1863-1946)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 569-570. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090569b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Kenny, Augustus Leo', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469206. Details