Henry Douglas Stephens, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Henry Douglas Stephens

Australian surgeon

Date of Birth: 26-Jun-1877

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1953

Profession: surgeon

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Henry Douglas Stephens (26 June 1877 – 17 June 1952) was an Australian paediatric surgeon. He was born in Williamstown, Melbourne to John Charles Stephens, a newspaper owner, and his wife Kate.
He was dux of Camberwell Grammar School and graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1900.
On 6 September 1911 he married Eileen Cole. He served at the Royal Children's Hospital for forty-five years and the Henry Douglas Stephens Memorial Operating Theatre was named in his honour.
He was also a consultant paediatrician at the Women's Hospital, Melbourne, from 1931–45.
He co-founded the Melbourne Paediatric Society.
From 1935 to 1940 he was Dean of the Clinical School at the Royal Children's Hospital, and he was a councillor of the Royal Victorian College of Nursing and the Victorian Society for Crippled Children. He had three daughters and a son, Frank Douglas Stephens.