Walter FELL   
MA (Oxon) MRCS (Eng) LRCP (Lond) MB (Oxon) MD (Oxon)
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Born Nelson 1855    Died Wellington 22/11/1932

Early years spent in south of France.  Educated at Rugby and University College, Oxford
Studied medicine at St Thomas's Hospital, London.

BA (Oxon) 1877, MA (Oxon) 1879, MRCS (Eng) 1881, LRCP (Lond) 1881, MB (Oxon) 1882,
MD (Oxon) 1895,    (MD thesis on "The Evolution of Disease")

Returned to NZ in 1884, joining Dr W E Collins in practice
First registered as a medical practitioner in NZ 17/4/1884

Honorary Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1887 - 1890
Honorary Physician, Wellington Hospital 1890 - 1892
Honorary Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1893 - 1907

Editor, NZMJ 1906 - 1911

Retired in 1907.  Returned to England in 1914, and served in the RAMC.
An accomplished painter, he became President of the NZ Academy of Fine Arts
Commodore, Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club 1901 - 1903

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Walter Fell

Obituary: NZMJ 1923 31:452

photograph courtesy
S P Andrew Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library,
Wellington, NZ ref:F 18568-1/1