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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2017-12-05 human Helen Cohn updated 2022-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005925b.htm person Brown Henry Edward AACR2 1858 15 August 1931 Place of Birth Passage West, County Cork, Ireland Place of Death Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Paediatrician Public health worker Henry Brown was one of the first medical practitioners in Australia to specialise in paediatrics. In 1885 he was appointed medical superintendent at the Rockhampton Children's Hospital, the second such hospital to be opened in Queensland. He was noted for introducing new technologies, such as x-rays, and for the low inpatient mortality rate. Brown retired in 1929 when management of the Hospital passed from the Benevolent Society to the State Government. 1882 1882 Life event - Migrated to Australia 1882 1885 Career position - Appointed to medical staff, Port Curtis and Leichhardt Hospital, Rockhampton, Queensland 1885 1929 Career position - Medical Superintendent, Rockhampton Children's Hospital 1929 1929 Life event - Retired Brown, Henry Edward (1858-19310815)

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 'Brown, Henry Edward', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Brown, Henry Edward Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A pioneer of Australian paediatrics: Dr Henry Edward Brown (1858 - 1931) Isles, Alan F.; Roper, Peter and Pearn, John H. A pioneer of Australian paediatrics: Dr Henry Edward Brown (1858 - 1931) 2015 Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 51 486-90 Journal Article: Pioneer medical practitioners on the Darling Downs Wales, Murdoch and Pearn, John Pioneer medical practitioners on the Darling Downs 1996 Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland 16 2 79-92