Lindsay Dey


Lindsay Alexander Dey CBE, was an Australian paediatric physician and served as the President of the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children's Board of Management from 1946 until 1959.

Early life

Dey was born at Petersham, New South Wales, the son of Dr Robert Dey. He went up to the University of Sydney in 1922 from whence he graduated M.B. in 1910 and Ch.M. in 1912.

Medical career

In 1917 Dey became an honorary medical officer at Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. He was a member of the council of the New South Wales branch of the British Medical Association from 1926 until 1946 and served as President in 1937-38.

Family

Lindsay Dey and his wife Marie, a nursing sister, had three sons and two daughters. Three of his children followed him into medicine. Dr David Lindsay Dey, MBMS, FRACS, became a paediatric surgeon, specialising in cleft lips as well as general plastic surgery, Robert Lindsay Dey, MBBS joined the family practice at North Sydney and his daughter, Dr Judith Dey AO, MBBS, DCH, followed him in the medical speciality of paediatrics.

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