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George Wallington Grabham

1836 – 1912

Doctor, health administrator

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Lived 1836 – 1912 (aged 75). George Wallington Grabham was a New Zealand physician.

George Wallington Grabham (1 September 1836–23 July 1912) was a New Zealand medical doctor and health administrator.

Life Grabham was born in Rochford, Essex, England on 1 September 1836.

He was trained in London gaining his MB in 1865 and MD in 1867. He worked at the Bradford Infirmary, the Surrey County Asylum and as the superintendent of the Earlswood Idiot Asylum at Redhill, Surrey from 1870 until 1882.

During his four years in New Zealand he travelled extensively through the country visiting hospitals and asylums and scrutinising care, maintenance and management. He recommended that some small hospitals be closed but the government, bowing to parochial pressures, did not accept all his recommendations. After she died he married his second wife Constance Ethel Joseph Crane in 1894 and they had one son also named George Wallington Grabham.

Grabham died in Essex on 23 July 1912.

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Who was George Wallington Grabham?

Doctor, health administrator (1836-1912)

When was George Wallington Grabham born?

George Wallington Grabham was born on 1 September 1836.

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George Wallington Grabham died on 23 July 1912.

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George Wallington Grabham was a physician.

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George Wallington Grabham was New Zealand.

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