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WELLINGTON HOSPITAL HISTORY

Line, Leonard A

Leonard Arthur LINE

BA (NZ) 1890, MA (NZ) 1891 Hons in mental science, BSc (NZ) 1899, MB ChB (NZ) 1909

Born Waitahuna, Otago 1864 Died Wellington 16 Apr 1943
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Educated at the Waitahuna public school, and from the age of 14years, he became a pupil-teacher, a position in which he remained for 4 years.
One year at the Normal Training College
Appointed to the staff of the High Street School, then the Union Street School, both in Dunedin. Became first assistant in 1892.
In 1900, travelled widely to India, Ceylon, China, Japan, Egypt, Palestine, Turkey, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, the Rhine valley, Holland, Belgium, France, the British Isles, Canada and the United States of America.
For the first half of 1902, he was acting Headmaster at Union Street School
photograph courtesy Alexander Turnbull Library
Honorary Physician, Wellington Hospital 1915 – 1924

Obituary: NZMJ 1943 42:139