Arthur George Harvey

Arthur George Harvey (28 December 1866 – 24 July 1927) was a New Zealand medical doctor.

Life Harvey was born in Steyning, Sussex, England, on 28 December 1866. When he was a small child his family emigrated to New Zealand where his father, Anglican minister Bache Wright Harvey, took up positions as vicar in Westport, at St Paul's Cathedral in Wellington, in Whanganui and as headmaster of Whanganui Collegiate School.

Harvey attended school in Wellington and at Whanganui Collegiate before leaving New Zealand to study at St John's College, Cambridge. Although his family had returned to England after his father's death he chose to return to New Zealand settling in the Pātea-Waverley area.

Harvey was well known for his inventiveness and ingenuity as his practice serving very remote communities presented particular challenges. He supplied remote patients with homing pigeons for communication and engineered solutions to various problems such as stretchers suitable for rough terrain and incubators. His work was so appreciated by the community that they bought him a new car.

Personal life Harvey's younger brother Alfred, who was also a doctor, was killed during World War I. Harvey married Matilda (Tilly) Adelaide Bremer in 1896 and they had three daughters and one son.