Background
BIRKETT, H. S. was born on July 17, 1864 in Hamilton, Canada. Son of late William Birkett, Merchant, and Caroline Amelia, daughter of late Jacob Ball of Grantham, Ontario.
BIRKETT, H. S. was born on July 17, 1864 in Hamilton, Canada. Son of late William Birkett, Merchant, and Caroline Amelia, daughter of late Jacob Ball of Grantham, Ontario.
Studied at Forest House School, Chester, England Senior House Surgeon Montreal General Hospital, 1886-1887. Doctor of Medicine; Master in Surgery (M‘Gill Universits).
Assistant Physician Montreal Dispensary, 1887-1889. Laryngologist to Montreal Dispensary*, 1889-1891. To Montreal General Hospital, 1891-1899.
Junior Demonstrator of Anatomy M‘Gill University, 1889- 1890.
Demonstrator, 1890-1896. Tor some years General Secretary Dominion Medical Association, and Montreal Medico-Chirurgical Society.
Vice President American Laryngological Aseociation, 1898. Montreal Medico-Chirnrgical Society, 1902.
Section of Laryngology British Medical Associate 1897.
Member American Association of Anatomists, 1890-1896. Governor Montreal General Hospital. President Montreal Medico-Chirnrgical Society.
Vice-President, Section of Laryngology and Otology, British Medical Association, 1897 and 1906.
President American Laryngological Association, 1907-1908. Fellow uf the Royal Society of Medicine.
Member of the American Otological Society. Professor of Laryngology and Otology, M‘Gill University, Montreal, since 1895.
Laryngologist and Otologist to the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Consulting Laryngologist and Otologist, Alexandra Hospital.
Clubs: Saint James"s, Mount-Royal, Hunt, Saint 1 Lawrence Yacht, Outremont Golf. University, Montreal.
Spouse 1899, Margaret, daughter of John MacNaughton, Glengarry, Canada.