About John Patrick Fitzgerald
Lived 1815 – 1897 (aged 81–82). John Patrick Fitzgerald was a New Zealand physician.
John Patrick Fitzgerald (1815 – 8 January 1897) was a New Zealand medical doctor, community leader and hospital superintendent.
Fitzgerald was born in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland in 1815. He studied medicine at the University of Glasgow graduating in 1839. He was physician at Wellington's first hospital which opened in 1847 in Pipitea St, Thorndon. The hospital was open to Māori Fitzgerald returned to Britain in 1888 and died in Ramsgate on 8 January 1897.
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Who was John Patrick Fitzgerald?
Doctor, community leader, hospital superintendent
When was John Patrick Fitzgerald born?
John Patrick Fitzgerald was born in 1815.
When did John Patrick Fitzgerald die?
John Patrick Fitzgerald died on 8 January 1897.
What was John Patrick Fitzgerald's occupation?
John Patrick Fitzgerald was a physician.
What nationality was John Patrick Fitzgerald?
John Patrick Fitzgerald was New Zealand.
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