JOHN ATCHERLEY

John Atcherley was born in Manchester, England, on July 31, 1865, the son of John and Mary (Berkley) Atcherley. He was a graduate of Oxford University and of Leeds Medical College, Newcastle-on-Tyne, England. Dr. Atcherley was licensed by the "Royal Court of Examiners of the Royal College of Surgeons" on October 20, 1891. On August 1, 1892 he was accepted as a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. His license to practice in London issued by the Royal College of Physicians on July 28, 1892.

The year 1893 found Dr. Atcherley practicing at the Hospital for Women in London.

Arriving in Hawaii the same year, the doctor served as surgeon for the "Honolulu Gaol". From 1894 to 1900 Dr. Atcherley was engaged in private practice on the island of Hawaii, and from 1900 to 1905 he served as government physician for the South Kohala district.

Dr. Atcherley married Mary Haaheo Kinimaka at Kawaiae, Hawaii, on October 27, 1894. The Atcherleys had six children: Sybil, John Francis, Lani Ulwin, Roger Thomas, Samuel Lawrence and Victoria Elizabeth.

In 1905 the Atcherleys moved to Honolulu where the doctor engaged in private practice for five years. Following this, Dr. Atcherley moved to San Francisco where he practiced from 1910 to 1911. From 1912 to 1914 he was surgeon for the Canadian Pacific Railway Company.

Joining the Royal Canadian Navy as Lieutenant Surgeon in 1915, he saw duty on H.M.S. Shearwater until 1919. He was awarded the Bronze Star and the Victory Medal for his war services.

He also served on His Majesty's Canadian Ship Niobe from 1919 to 1920 and as ship's surgeon for the Royal Mail Packet Company, Halifax, Nova Scotia, until 1922. The following year saw Dr. Atcherley returning to Honolulu where he engaged in private practice until 1925. From 1925 to 1927 he served as county physician at Ualapue on Molokai and for the following two years was in private practice on the same island. Returning to Honolulu in 1929, he practiced until his retirement in 1935.

Dr. Atcherley was the author of an article on "Theory As To Origin Of Leprosy" published by the New York Medical Record on August 6, 1910.

Dr. Atcherley died in Honolulu on November 20, 1940 at the age of 75.

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