Louis Barnett

Sir Louis Edward Barnett (1865–1946) was a New Zealand professor of surgery, the first New Zealander to be made a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and one of the founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Early life and education Barnett was born on 24 March 1865 in Wellington where he attended Thorndon School and Wellington College. He completed his medical training at the University of Otago from 1883 to 1884 and then the University of Edinburgh graduating MB ChB in 1888.

Barnett researched the potentially fatal hydatid disease (see echinococcus) at the University and established the hydatid registry of the College of Surgeons. as president of the New Zealand Branch of the British Medical Association from 1907 to 1908,

Personal life Barnett married Mabel Violet Fulton, daughter of Catherine Fulton and James Fulton, on 31 December 1892. They had five children:

Honours and awards Barnett was awarded the CMG in 1918 for his war service. In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.

Death and legacy On his retirement Barnett endowed the Ralph Barnett Chair in Surgery at the University of Otago in memory of his son who was killed in World War I. He also made donations to the University's medical library, a sports ground at Logan Park and a lamp of remembrance at Wellington College.