George Augustus Auden | |
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| Born | (1872-08-27)27 August 1872 |
| Died | 3 May 1957(1957-05-03) (aged 84) |
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| Children | 3, includingW. H. Auden andJohn Bicknell Auden |
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| Profession | Researcher, educator and medical officer |
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| Sub-specialties | public health |
George Augustus Auden (27 August 1872 – 3 May 1957) was an English physician, professor ofpublic health, school medical officer, and writer onarchaeological subjects.
Auden was born atHorninglow, Burton-upon-Trent, the sixth son of John Auden, the first vicar of theChurch of St John the Divine, and his wife Sarah Eliza, daughter of William Hopkins, ofDunstall,Staffordshire. The Audens were minor gentry with a strong clerical tradition, originally ofRowley Regis, which was then inStaffordshire.[1]
He was educated atRepton and atChrist's College, Cambridge, taking a first-class degree in natural sciences in 1893.[2] He studied medicine atSt Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, and qualified in medicine in 1896. He then held several medical appointments in London before moving toYork, where he was physician atYork County Hospital for fourteen years. His sonW. H. Auden was born at 54Bootham, York, in 1907, and in 1908 he moved toBirmingham, where he became the firstSchool Medical Officer andLecturer in Public Health atBirmingham University. Here he gained an international reputation as an innovative researcher and educator. During theFirst World War he served as a medical officer in the British Army inEgypt,Gallipoli, andFrance. He retired as School Medical Officer in 1937, but continued at the university and became Professor of Public Health in 1941.
He married Constance Rosalie Bicknell in 1899. They had three sons: Bernard, who became a farmer; the geologistJohn Bicknell Auden; and the poetW. H. Auden.
His archaeological interests are reflected inHistorical and Scientific Survey of York and District (1906), which he edited, and to which he contributed the chapter on prehistoric archaeology.
Among his publications were:
A collection of archival material related to George Augustus Auden can be found at the Cadbury Research Library,University of Birmingham.[3]
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