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WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Hassell, Gray

Gray HASSELL

MB CM (Aber) 1881, MD (Aber) 1883

Born Oamaru 10 Oct 1860 Died Wellington 1 Jul 1938
Educated at Aberdeen Grammar School, Marischal College, Aberdeen
G Hassell
Resident Surgeon, Timaru Hospital July 1882 – early 1883
Two years practice in Temuka, 1883 – 1884
Resident Surgeon, Wellington Hospital 1885 – 1888
Medical Superintendent, Porirua and Mount View Asylums 1888 – 1890
Surgeon, Wellington Prison 1889
Medical Superintendent, Auckland Lunatic Asylum 1890 – 1894
Medical Superintendent, Sunnyside Asylum, Christchurch 1894 – 1895
Medical Superintendent, Auckland Lunatic Asylum 1895 – 1896
Medical Superintendent, Porirua and Mount View Asylums 1896 – 1899
Medical Superintendent, Porirua Mental Hospital 1899 – 1920

portrait by Petrus Van Der Velden
courtesy Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Obituary: NZMJ 1938 37:222