Anstey Giles


William Anstey Giles, generally known as Anstey Giles, was a surgeon and medical administrator in Adelaide, South Australia.

History

Giles was born in Adelaide the eldest son of Thomas Giles and Mary Giles, née O'Halloran. He was a grandson of William Giles second manager of the South Australian Company. Mary was a daughter of Captain William Littlejohn O'Halloran, Auditor-General of South Australia.
Giles was educated at Clifton College in Bristol and studied Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, graduating in 1882.
He then spent two years in Vienna, studying diseases of the ear, nose and throat under Dr. Ádám Politzer amongst others, returning to Adelaide in 1885.
His MB degree was accepted ad eundem gradum by the University of Adelaide in 1886.
He entered into private practice with Dr. William Gardner, a partnership that was to last many years.
He was appointed Lecturer in Otology by the University of Adelaide in 1886, resigned 1905.
During his public career he served as:
Giles retired from most professional obligations shortly after The Great War.

Other interests

Giles married Rita Jones of "Brocklesby", Melbourne, on 1 July 1891. Their only child died a few days after birth in 1892.
They had a home on Barnard Street, North Adelaide.