William Frederick Taylor
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27 April 1840
William Taylor | |
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| Member of the Queensland Legislative Council | |
| In office 17 April 1886 – 23 March 1922 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Frederick Taylor 27 April 1840 London, England |
| Died | 29 June 1927 (aged 87) Brisbane, Queensland, Australia |
| Resting place | Toowong Cemetery |
| Spouse | Isabella Graham (m. 1873, d. 1927) |
| Relations | Ernest Bell (son-in-law) |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
William Frederick Taylor (27 April 1840 – 29 June 1927)[1] was an Australian surgeon and member of the Queensland Legislative Council.[2]
Taylor was born in 1840 in London, England to Joseph Taylor, a Canadian engineer, and his wife Hannah (née Lambert). The family soon moved to Canada and he was educated at Kingston Grammar School and Queen's University, Kingston where he graduated in medicine with honours.
Medical career
In 1862, Taylor returned to England[1] and became Licentiate of the Apothecaries Society in London.[2] Before long he sailed to Melbourne in 1863 and shortly afterwards moved to Hay, New South Wales, where commenced practice as a surgeon. In 1866 Taylor was back in London, working at Guy's Hospital and moving to Paris to work at the Hôtel-Dieu de Paris and Hôpital de la Charité. He went back to England and became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons before once again leaving for Australia.[1]
From 1870 Taylor practised in Queensland, initially in Clermont before moving to Warwick, also acting as visiting doctor at the local hospital and being elected to the local council as an alderman.[1] In 1883 he returned to England for further training in ophthalmology and ear, nose and throat surgery. He returned to Queensland as one of only a few specialists with similar training, and was appointed honorary ophthalmologist at Brisbane Hospital in 1888. In 1911 he was appointed consultant ophthalmologist at Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane.[3]
Taylor was a founding member of the Medical Society of Queensland in 1882 and in 1894 became the founding president of the Queensland branch of the British Medical Association.[4]