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Life Summary

Name	William Chisholm
Born	6 August, 1853 Breadalbane, New South Wales, Australia
Died	13 November, 1941 (aged 88) Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	pneumonia
Religious Influence	Presbyterian Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Chisholm, Emma Isabel (wife) Chisholm, Rebecca (mother) Stanger Leathes, Maria (aunt) Mitchell, Charlotte (aunt) Hume, Emma (aunt by marriage) Chisholm, Mary (grandmother) Stuckey, Ann (grandmother) Chisholm, James (grandfather) Stuckey, Peter (grandfather) Mitchell, Winifred Hatton (niece by marriage) Stanger Leathes, Arthur (cousin) Chisholm, James Kinghorne (cousin)
Education *	Macquarie Fields school (Sydney) (student, 1862-1867) King's School (Parramatta, Sydney) (student, 1868-1871) St Paul's College (University of Sydney) (student, 1872-1876) University of Sydney (student, 1872-1886)
Occupation or Descriptor *	surgeon (1890-1925) New South Wales, Australia army medical officer (1915-1919) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (army doctor)
Clubs *	Australian Club (Sydney) (vice-president) Australian Club (Sydney) (member, ?-1941) Royal Sydney Golf Club (member, ?-1941) Royal Sydney Golf Club (founding president) Union Club (Sydney) (member, ?-1941) Union Club (Sydney) (vice-president)
Legacies *	William Chisholm Operating Theatre (Sydney Hospital) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Royal College of Surgeons (NSW) (member, ?-1941) Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (NSW) (member, 1880-1941) St Paul's College (University of Sydney) (council member, 1888-1908)
Workplaces *	Sydney Industrial Blind Institution (honorary physician, 1884) St Vincent's Hospital (Sydney) (surgeon, 1885-1889) Prince Alfred Hospital (Sydney) (honorary assistant surgeon, 1889-1894) Sydney Hospital (honorary surgeon, 1895-1911) Sydney Children's Hospital (honorary consulting surgeon, 1915)

* Dates are approximate