P007903 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2025-11-06 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-12-04 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007903b.htm corporateBody Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital AACR2 Eye and Ear Institution 1863 26 December 1866 Melbourne Institution for Diseases of the Eye and Ear 26 December 1863 December 1870 Ophthalmic and Orthopaedic Institution August 1869 December 1870 Melbourne Eye and Ear Institution 1 January 1871 29 July 1873 29 July 1873 11 January 1961 Start Place East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Hospitals or Clinics Ophthalmology Otolaryngology The Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital was formally established on 29 July 1873. However it had several antecedents, starting with the Eye and Ear Institution, a private charitable clinic founded by surgeon and ophthalmologist Andrew Gray. This became a public facility on 26 December 1866 as the Melbourne Institution for Diseases of the Eye and Ear. The Ophthalmic and Orthopaedic Institution was started in August 1869 by oculist Aubrey Bowen and surgeon Ewin Jones. These latter two Institutions amalgamated on 1 January 1871 to become the Melbourne Eye and Ear Institution. Twelve years later the name was changed to the Victorian Eye and Ear hospital (VEEH). Gray was appointed surgeon and occulist for life of the Melbourne Institution, and continued working at the VEEH for the rest of his carfeer. Bowen made a large bequest to the VEEH which was used to fund expansion of the Hospital. Augustus Kenny was appointed in 1886, the first paid surgeon. On 11 January 1961 the VEEH became the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital. Bowen, Thomas Aubrey (Aubrey) (1837 - 1893)

Co-Founder of preceding clinic, the Ophthalmic and Orthopaedic Institute, August 1869 - January 1871

 Ryan, James Patrick (1840 - 1918)

Honorary Surgeon 1889 - 1908; Senior Honorary Surgeon 1980 - 1913

 Lowe, Ronald Francis Hinde (1913 - 1998)

Honorary Ophthalmic Surgeon 1955 - 1961; Member, Board of Management 1955 - 1961

 Neild, James Edward (1824 - 1906)

Chairman, Melbourne Institution for Diseases of the Eye and Ear 1866 - 1869

 Gray, Andrew Sexton (1826 - 1907)

Surgeon and ophthalmologist for life 1873 - 1907 (at Melbourne Institution for Diseases of the Eye and Ear 1866 - 1870, Melbourne Eye and Ear Institution 1871 - 1873)

 Lister, Harold (c. 1873 - )

Resident Surgeon 1899 - 1902

 Lewis, Nancy (1913 - 2002)

Medical Superintendent 1940 - 1941

 Webster, Percy Samuel (1865 - 1928)

Resident (later Honorary Assistant) Surgeon 1891 - ?1898; elected to the permanent staff ?1898

 Clendinnen, Frederick John (1860 - 1913)

Honorary skiagraphist 1896 - 1913

 Kenny, Augustus Leo (1863 - 1946)

First Resident Surgeon 1886 - 1888

 Littlejohn, Jean (1899 - 1990)

Senior Surgeon 1933 - 1952; Member, Committee of Management 1946 - 1959

 Barrett, James William (1862 - 1945)

Appointed Honorary Oculist and Aurist 1894

 Serpell, Geoffrey Richard Trembath (1923 - 2014)

Founding Director, Glaucoma Research Unit 1957 - 1961

 O'Sullivan, Timothy John (John) (1896 - 1957)

Honorary Radiologist 1934 - ?

 Robertson, Edward Graeme (1903 - 1975)

Consulting Neurologist 1944 - ?

 Orr, William Francis (1867 - 1948)

Honorary Surgeon 1913 - 1927

 Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (1961 - ) 'Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: An ornament to the city: the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Donovan, P. F. An ornament to the city: the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital East Melbourne Royal Victorian Eye and ear Hospital 1992 Book: The eye and ear: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital centenary history Gardiner, Lyndsay The eye and ear: The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital centenary history Melbourne Robertson & Mullens 1968 Journal Article: Early Melbourne eye and ear hospitals, and Dr Turnbull's house at 101 (157) Spring Street Lowe, Ronald F. Early Melbourne eye and ear hospitals, and Dr Turnbull's house at 101 (157) Spring Street 1980 Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery 50 5 546-9