George Mayo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

George Mayo

Australian physician

Date of Birth: 08-Jan-1807

Place of Birth: North Nibley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 16-Dec-1894

Profession: physician

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About George Mayo

  • George Mayo (8 January 1807 – 16 December 1894) was a medical practitioner in the colony of South Australia. Dr.
  • Mayo was born in England the fourth son of Rev.
  • Joseph Mayo, M.A., of Ozleworth Church, Gloucestershire.
  • He studied medicine at Middlesex Hospital under Dr.
  • Herbert Mayo (1796–1852), and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in London in January 1829.
  • For some years he practised at Devizes, Wiltshire, then emigrated to South Australia, arriving in the Lady Emma in December 1837.
  • Soon afterwards he returned to England, but came back to the colony on the Asia in July 1839.
  • He returned again to England 1851–1852, when he was admitted as a Fellow of the R.C.S.
  • He was appointed hon.
  • medical officer at the Adelaide Hospital on 13 October 1853, and upon the death of Dr.
  • R.
  • W.
  • Moore he became President of the Medical Board.
  • He was appointed to the Central Vaccine Board in October 1857 and in January 1868 was appointed to the Adelaide Hospital board of management.
  • On 24 November 1876, he was made Hon.
  • Consulting Surgeon to the Hospital. He was an enthusiastic member of the South Australia's Voluntary Defence Force: in 1859 he was captain of the West Adelaide Rifles, and by August 1863 was lieutenant-colonel.
  • He was one of the original trustees of Trinity Church, and laid the foundation stone of the schoolroom on 7 May 1887. He was somewhat eccentric and extremely averse to publicity; his only photograph was as one in a group taken many years before his death.
  • He was an enthusiast for physical exercise and a keen cyclist; in later life converting to a three-wheeler, in which he would regularly ride to Glenelg or North Adelaide.
  • He was for some years a Vice-President of several cycling clubs.

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