A. A. Lendon

Alfred Austin Lendon (died 29 June 1935) was an English medical doctor, of whom it was said few practitioners have exerted a wider influence on medical science in South Australia.

Life Lendon was born in Kent and educated at Maidstone Grammar School, King's College, London, and University College, London, where he gained his MD. and MRCS. degrees, and arrived in South Australia in 1883.

In 1884 he was, as a Government Medical Officer, sent to Bordertown to suppress an outbreak of smallpox, and was a member of the Medical Board from 1899 to 1932 and its president from 1912.

He served as honorary physician to the Adelaide Hospital 1891–1894. He was president of the South Australian branch of the British Medical Association for two separate terms. and saw it progress from a near-bankrupt organization to a vigorous, progressive and well-endowed institution. He also served for several years as national president of the Australasian Trained Nurses' Association. He was appointed patron of both organizations on his retirement.

He was an occasional lecturer at the University of Adelaide and several collections of his lectures have been published.

Publications Lendon, A. A. Clinical Lectures on Hydatid Disease of the Lungs (1902) London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox Lendon, A. A. Nodal fever, febris nodosa : synonyms: erythema nodosum, erythema multiforme (1905) He also edited several books on hydatid disease by John Davies Thomas (1844–1893).

Other interests He was founder and first president of the Numismatic Society of South Australia, president of the Commonwealth Club 1919–1922, and a longtime member of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, SA branch.

Family Lendon married Lucy Isabel Rymill (31 March 1865 – 22 April 1929), daughter of Henry Rymill on 26 August 1889. Dr Guy Austin Lendon (1895–1970) Dr Alan Harding Lendon (1903– ) Dorothy Isabel Lendon (1890– ) They had a home on Brougham place, North Adelaide

He died after a long illness, and was privately cremated.

Archives The State Library of South Australia holds a collection of Papers of Dr Alfred Austin Lendon.