Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Dr. William Nelson , Physician and Surgeon, and sometime Medical Superintendent of the Wallace and Fiord Hospital, was born in 1859 in County Antrim, Ireland, and was educated at Queen's College, Belfast, where he took his diplomas of M.D., M. Ch., and L.M. For some time before leaving the Old Country, Dr. Nelson practised at Beverley, Yorkshire, as locum tenens for Dr. Appleton. He left England about 1884 as medical officer of the ship “Waipa,” bound for Port Chalmers. After practising at Port Chalmers, and subsequently at Cromwell, Dr. Nelson became assistant medical officer at Seacliff Asylum. He settled in Riverton In 1886, assuming the positions of medical superintendent of the hospital, Native Medical Officer, and medical adviser to the Independent Order of Oddfellows, American Constitution, and to the Railway Benefit Society. Dr. Nelson died on the 25th of June, 1898.