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WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

King, T Radford

Thomas Radford KING

LRCP, LRCS (Edin) 1864, MD (Edin) 1868

Born Brighthelmstone, Sussex 12 Mar 1838 Died Maida Vale, Paddington, London 17 Feb 1909
First registered as a medical practitioner in NZ 5 Nov 1881
Medical Superintendent, Mount View Asylum, Wellington 1881-1884
Medical Superintendent, Wellington Hospital 1883-January 1884
Dr King was asked to take over from Dr Hammond when the latter’s appointment was terminated, and it seems likely that he administered both the Asylum and the Hospital concurrently for a few months.
Medical Superintendent, Seaview Asylum and prison surgeon Hokitika 1884 – 1887
Medical Superintendent, Mount View and Porirua Asylums 1887 – 1888
Medical Superintendent, Seacliff Hospital, Dunedin 1888
Medical Superintendent, Whau Asylum, Auckland 1889 – 1890
Medical Superintendent, Mount View and Porirua Asylums 1894 – 1895.
Assistant Medical Officer, Porirua Asylum 1896 – 1898
Medical Superintendent, Porirua Asylum 1899
Later practised in Takaka.