Pollen, Henry

Born Kingstown, Ireland 1853 Died Wellington 23 Nov 1918
Educated at Kingstown & Rathmines, Middleton College Cork, and Trinity College Dublin.
Assistant Surgeon, Blaenavon Iron Works, Monmouthshire, 1876
Surgeon Superintendent, NZ Goverment Emigration Department 1876
First registered as a medical practitioner in NZ 27 Apr 1876
Settled in Gisborne 1876, where he practised for 14 years. The local hospital was opened under his supervision, and he was Surgeon-in-Charge until he left the district for Wellington in 1890.
Honorary Physician, Wellington Hospital 1896-
Port Health Officer, Wellington

Obituary: NZMJ 1918 17:228