Hugh pearson biography

Herbert Hilary Ingram "Hugh" PearsonMBE (5 March 1913 – 20 January 1981) was an Australian surgeon and urologist.^[1] He was instrumental in the foundation of the Australian Kidney Foundation (now Kidney Health Australia) and was an early proponent of kidney transplants in Sydney.^[2] He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, and of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.^[3] Pearson served as President of the Urological Society of Australasia 1962–63.^[4]

Early life

Hugh Pearson was born at Mosman, New South Wales, the son of Margaret and the Rev.

George Ingram Pearson a Methodistminister.^[5] He was the younger brother of the Australian Army officer Major GeneralSandy PearsonAO, DSO, OBE, MC (1918–2021). Pearson attended Newington College (1926–1931)^[6] and went up to the University of Sydney in 1932, graduating as a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery with Hugh Pearson - Seven Stories Press JYC