Constance Frost

Constance Helen Frost (23 June 1862 – 29 January 1920) was a New Zealand medical doctor, bacteriologist and pathologist.

Early life Frost was born in 1862, probably in Liverpool, England, the second of eight children of wealthy shipowner and merchant Thomas Frost and his wife Mary Ann, Antwis. She was educated at a boarding school in Sutton Coldfield.

Career In 1889 Frost enrolled at Auckland University College, and received her BA in 1892. and became an honorary bacteriologist and pathologist at Auckland Hospital. Taking over from Alice Horsley, Frost was the second woman to hold this position. She is buried in the Purewa Cemetery in Auckland with other members of her family.

In 2017, Frost featured as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's 150 women in 150 words, celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.