WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY
Gowland, W Percy
William Percy GOWLANDMB BS (Lond) 1902, MD (Lond) 1906, FRCS (Eng) 1912, Hon DSc (Otago) 1962
Born 2 Feb 1879 Died Nelson 2 Sep 1965
Percy Gowland
Educated at Manchester Grammar School and Owen’s College, Manchester
Demonstrator in Anatomy and Physiology, University of Manchester
Clinical appointments at the Manchester Royal Infirmary, Isleworth Infirmary and the Chelsea Hospital for Women
For a period, he practised in Oldham, Lancashire
Ship’s Surgeon on the Mauretania
Senior Demonstrator and Assistant lecturer in Anatomy, University of Liverpool, 1911
Professor of Anatomy, Otago Medical School 1914 – 4 Dec 1943
Director of Medical Services, Wellington Hospital 1 May 1944 – 1949
Obituary: NZMJ 1965 64:660
photograph courtesy J O Mercer collection