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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Auckland Provincial District]

Dr. Robert Martin Beattie

Dr. Robert Martin Beattie, M.B., C.M., Edinburgh, B.Sc. Department of public Health, Edinburgh, and Medical Superintendent of the Auckland Lunatic Asylum, was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and educated at the Otago University, New Zealand. He studied for his profession at the Universities of Edinburgh and Aberdeen. After holding various appointments at Home, Dr. Beattie was assistant to Professor Hay, Professor of Public Health in the Aberdeen University, and Medical Officer of Health in the city of Aberdeen. Dr. Beattie intended to devote his attention wholly to public health, but owing to the delicate state of his own health he was advised to return to New Zealand, and arrived in Auckland in 1984. Shortly afterwards he received the appointment of assistant medical officer at the Auckland Lunatic Asylum, where he remained for two years. He was then appointed acting-superintendent of the Seacliff Lunatic Asylum, and in April, 1897, was appointed to his present position at the Auckland Lunatic Asylum. Dr. Beattie is married, and has one child.