Anthony Brownless

January 19, 1817 (age 80)

After studying for the medical profession at Saint Bartholomew"s Hospital in London, and at the University of Liège, he was admitted Member Royal College of Surgeons of London in 1841, and Doctor of Medicine of Street Andrews in 1846. Brownless practised for some years as a physician in London. Brownless probably suffered from tuberculosis. lieutenant"s almost certain the state of his health made him decide to come to Australia. He left Liverpool as medical officer aboard the Chaseley and arrived in Melbourne, Victoria in December 1852. Doctor Brownless arrived in Victoria in December 1852, and was soon afterwards elected Physician to the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, and in 1854 Physician to the Melbourne Hospital—a post which he held for twelve years, being appointed a Life Governor and Consulting Physician on his retirement. In June 1855 the Melbourne University gave him the diploma of Doctor of Medicine, this being the first occasion on which the degree was conferred by that University, in which Doctor Brownless founded the medical school, and of which he was annually elected Vice-Chancellor for twenty-nine years, from 1858 to 1887. When he was elected Chancellor, in succession to Doctor James Moorhouse. Doctor Brownless held the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws of the Universities of Saint Andrews and Melbourne, and in 1884 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. XIII. in 1883. Doctor Brownless, who was created Companion of St. Michael and St. George in May 1888, has been twice married: first, in 1842, to Ellen, daughter of the late William Hawker, Doctor of Medicine, of Charing, Kent, and Liège, Belgium, formerly surgeon in the Grenadier Guards, who died in 1846. And secondly, in 1852, to Anne Jane, eldest daughter of the late Captain William Hamilton, of Eden, County Donegal, Ireland, an officer in the Rifle Brigade, who served with distinction in the Peninsular War. Brownless died in Melbourne on 3 December 1897 at the university and was buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery.

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Brownless was the only son of Anthony Brownless, of Paynetts House, and Bockingfold Manor, near Goudhurst, Kent.

Career

After studying for the medical profession at Saint Bartholomew"s Hospital in London, and at the University of Liège, he was admitted Member Royal College of Surgeons of London in 1841, and Doctor of Medicine of Street Andrews in 1846. Brownless practised for some years as a physician in London. Brownless probably suffered from tuberculosis.

lieutenant"s almost certain the state of his health made him decide to come to Australia.

He left Liverpool as medical officer aboard the Chaseley and arrived in Melbourne, Victoria in December 1852. Doctor Brownless arrived in Victoria in December 1852, and was soon afterwards elected Physician to the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum, and in 1854 Physician to the Melbourne Hospital—a post which he held for twelve years, being appointed a Life Governor and Consulting Physician on his retirement.

In June 1855 the Melbourne University gave him the diploma of Doctor of Medicine, this being the first occasion on which the degree was conferred by that University, in which Doctor Brownless founded the medical school, and of which he was annually elected Vice-Chancellor for twenty-nine years, from 1858 to 1887. When he was elected Chancellor, in succession to Doctor James Moorhouse.

Doctor Brownless held the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws of the Universities of Saint Andrews and Melbourne, and in 1884 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

XIII. in 1883. Doctor Brownless, who was created Companion of St. Michael and St. George in May 1888, has been twice married: first, in 1842, to Ellen, daughter of the late William Hawker, Doctor of Medicine, of Charing, Kent, and Liège, Belgium, formerly surgeon in the Grenadier Guards, who died in 1846. And secondly, in 1852, to Anne Jane, eldest daughter of the late Captain William Hamilton, of Eden, County Donegal, Ireland, an officer in the Rifle Brigade, who served with distinction in the Peninsular War.

Brownless died in Melbourne on 3 December 1897 at the university and was buried in the Melbourne General Cemetery.

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Doctor Brownless was made, a Knight of Saint Gregory the Great by the Pope in 1870, and a Knight Commander of the Order of Pius IX, conferring nobility, by Leo.

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