About Richard Fetherston
Lived 1864 – 1943 (aged 79). Richard Fetherston was a politician, physician and gynecologist.
Richard Herbert Joseph Fetherston (2 May 1864 – 3 June 1943) was an Australian medical doctor and politician.
Early life He was born in Carlton to medical practitioner Gerald Henry Fetherston and matron Sarah Ellen Harvey. He attended Wesley College and Alma Road Grammar School before travelling to Ireland, where he was a student at the Royal College of Surgeons and Trinity College in Dublin. In 1884 he received the Royal College's Licentiate, and later studied at the University of Edinburgh, receiving his Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery in 1886 and his Doctorate of Medicine in 1888.
Personal life Fetherston married Victoria Amelia Gourlay on 4 July 1894; they had three children.
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Who was Richard Fetherston?
Australian doctor and politician (1864-1943)
When was Richard Fetherston born?
Richard Fetherston was born on 2 May 1864 in Carlton.
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Richard Fetherston died on 3 June 1943 in St Kilda.
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Richard Fetherston was a politician, physician and gynecologist.
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