Nationality Australian Occupation Paediatrician | Name Lindsay Dey | |
Born May 31, 1886 ( 1886-05-31 ) Petersham, New South Wales Died July 22, 1973(1973-07-22)
Bowral, New South Wales Education Newington College
University of Sydney Title President (1946-1959)
Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children Spouse(s) 1937, Marie, nee Middleton | ||
Lindsay Alexander Dey CBE (31 May 1886 - 22 July 1973), was an Australian paediatric physician and served as the President of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children's Board of Management from 1946 until 1959.
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Early life
Dey was born at Petersham, New South Wales, the son of Dr Robert Dey and attended Newington College (1897-1904). In 1903 and 1904 he won the Wigram Allen Scholarship, awarded by Sir George Wigram Allen for general proficiency, and at the end of 1904 he was named Dux of the College and received the Halse Rogers and Schofield Scholarships. Dey went up to the University of Sydney in 1922 from whence he graduated M.B. in 1910 and Ch.M. in 1912.
Medical career
In 1917 Dey became an honorary medical officer at Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. He was a member of the council of the Australian Branch of the British Medical Association from 1926 until 1946 and served as President in 1937-38.
Family
Lindsay Dey and his wife Mary, a nursing sister, had three sons and two daughters. His daughter, Dr Judith Dey AO, MBBS (Syd), DCH (Lon), followed him in the medical speciality of paediatrics.