Elizabeth Gunn (paediatrician)

Elizabeth Gunn
Born
Elizabeth Catherine Gunn

(1879-05-23)23 May 1879
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died26 October 1963(1963-10-26) (aged 84)
Wellington, New Zealand
OccupationPaediatrician
Years active1912–1940
Known forEstablishing Children's Health Camp movement in New Zealand
Medical career
ProfessionDoctor
FieldPaediatrics

Elizabeth Catherine Gunn MBE (23 May 1879 – 26 October 1963) was a New Zealand school and army doctor and public health official. She was a pioneer in the field of children's health, and was instrumental in the establishment of children's health camps in New Zealand.[1]

  1. ^ "School Hygiene". Poverty Bay Herald. No. 19444. 1 October 1937. Retrieved 14 July 2019.