Wright, James M. (1910)

updated March 7, 2014.

Possibly medical missionary. China nlt.1910, hospital of the Reformed Missionaries of North America, Tak Hing (present day Deqing County, Guangdong 廣東省肇慶市德慶縣), West River 1910. Hong Kong 1910.

HONG KONG 1910. Worked in the Government Laboratory August 1910, at Tropical Research methods.

Selected bibliography: Hong Kong Government, Medical and Sanitary Reports for the Year 1910.

Sommers, Hilmar Florenz (1925-1940)

updated December 11, 2013.

Dentist.

Hong Kong nlt.1925.

HONG KONG nlt.1925. Holder of Certificate of Exemption under the Dentistry Ordinance, 1914 [1] to practice dentistry 1925-1940. Private practitioner 1925-40 [2], address: Union Building 1937-40. Dental Board June 18, 1926 - July 1, 1940. Japanese occupation of Hong Kong, interned 1942-45, #421 Mee Chow hotel; Stanley Camp.

m. [s.n.] Saffold (d/o James Philips Saffold and Sarah Eleanor Linthicum). Siblings: 1. Dr. Guy Stark Saffold (Captain, US Army Medical Corps); 2. Ray Philips Saffold.

[1] Certificates of Exemption were issued to dental practitioners who lacked the academic qualifications recognized by the Dental Board (essentially the General Medical Council in UK) to qualify to register. Generally speaking, only qualifications awarded by institutions located on the Britain Isles or in British Overseas Territories were recognized.
[2] The Dental Register 1941 is not available; it is unknown whether or not it actually exists.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 8, 1925, #267; June 25, 1926, #340; June 7, 1935, #441; May 7, 1937, #322; June 10, 1938, #455; May 10, 1940, #537; September 13, 1940.

Walker, James Wise (1892-1896)

updated August 19, 2013

BA, MD, Harvard Univ. 1880. Registered to practice Hong Kong May 7, 1892 through 1896. Residence: #4 West Terrace 1892.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 7, 1892; May 8, 1897, Notice #167.

Reel, Leidy Roger (1900)

updated November 25, 2013.

Dentistry degree (Penn.) 1900. Delta Upsilon Fraternity (Penn.). Hong Kong ca.1900. President, Scranton District Dental Society 1919, 1920. Master Councilor, Scranton Chapter, Keystone Crusaders 1937

HONG KONG ca.1900. Private practitioner, the practice of Dr. Joseph W. Noble.

Publications and Correspondences: Impressions of the Orient, 1908.

[The 1890 census in Scranton showed a Leidy R. Reed who resided at 1128 Blair Avenue and whose occupation was a clerk.]

[A number of dentistry graduates of the University of Pennsylvania practiced in Hong Kong within this period:
Joseph Whittlesey Noble, Penn. 1883, Hong Kong 1887, Drs. Poate and Noble, later his own practice. John Moore Crago, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong 1901, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Leidy Roger Reel, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong ca.1900, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Frederick Hoard Kew, Penn.1903, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble, later Drs. Kew Brothers. Emerson G. Curry, Penn. 1904, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. George T. Lemis, Penn. 1905, Hong Kong , Drs. Kew Brothers.]

Selected bibliography: Keystone Crusaders for Demolay in Pennsylvania, November-Decemberm 1937, Vol. #4, No. #1. The Official Website of the Scranton District Dental Society [internet]. The Penn Dental Journal, November 1904, Vol. #8, No. #1, p.115. Record of the Class of 1900, University of Pennsylvania.

Noble, Joseph Whittlesey (1887-1927)

updated December 1, 2013.

Dentist-turned-Newspaper-Publisher.

DDS (Penn.) 1883. Hong Kong 1887.

HONG KONG 1887. Private practitioner 1887-27, named partner, Poate and Noble 1887. Provided free dental service at the Alice Memorial Hospital. HKCMC, member of the Court, involved in realizing the plan to incorporate the college into HKU; lecturer in Dental Surgery 1896-1912. Dental Board 1914 [1]. Registered dental surgeon 1914-27, one of the first eight dentists registered with the government following the regulation of the practice of dentistry on May 7, 1914 [2]. Bought controlling interest of the Hong Kong Telegraph from Robert Ho-tung, became its publisher 1916.

b. March 20, 1862, Dallas, Polk, Oregon -d.1949.

[1] Inaugural members of the Dental Board July 17, 1914: John Taylor Connell Johnson (PCMO, ex-official, chairman), George Ernest Aubrey, Frederic Osmund Stedman, Frederick Hoard Kew, Joseph Whittlesey Noble.
[2] The first dental surgeons registered with the government following the enactment of the Dentistry Ordinance 1914: Mehdy Edward Asger, Arthur de Carvalho, Chaun Moon Hung 周夢熊, Edward Evan Jones, Frederick Howard Kew, Irvin Whiteley Kew, George Wiliam McKean, and Joseph Whittlesey Noble.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, March 17, 1866, Appt. #263; September 7, 1928, #503.

Lockhead, John H. (1884-1893)

updated on August 18, 2013.

MD (Penn.) 1833. Registered to practice Hong Kong May 3, 1884 through 1893. Residence: #15 Elgin 1884.

[Lockhead was one of the first nine doctors who registered as medical practitioners in Hong Kong immediately following the enactment of the "Medical Registration Ordinance, 1884" that required all doctors to be licensed before they could treat patients for monetary reward. The nine were: William Stanley Adams, Philip Bernard Chenery Ayres, Johann Gerhard Heinrich Gerlach, Antonio Simplieio Gomes, William M. Hartigan, John H. Lockhead, Patrick Manson, James Stockwell, and Richard Young.]

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 3, 1884, Notice; May 5, 1894, Notice #169. 

Lemis, George T. (1900s*)

updated November 29, 2013.

Dentist

DDS (Penn.) 1905. Hong Kong 1906.

HONG KONG 1906. Private practitioner, Drs. Kew Brothers 1906.

[A number of dentistry graduates of the University of Pennsylvania practiced in Hong Kong within this period: Joseph Whittlesey Noble, Penn. 1883, Hong Kong 1887, Drs. Poate and Noble, later his own practice. John Moore Crago, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong 1901, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Leidy Roger Reel, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong ca.1900, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Frederick Hoard Kew, Penn.1903, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble, later Drs. Kew Brothers. Emerson G. Curry, Penn. 1904, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. George T. Lemis, Penn. 1905, Hong Kong , Drs. Kew Brothers.]

Selected bibliography: Penn Dental Journal, November 1906, p.36.

Jones, Edward Evan (1906-1919)

updated November 29, 2013.

Dentist.

DDS (Penn.) 1906. Hong Kong 1906.

HONG KONG 1906. Private practitioner, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble 1906-19. Registered dental surgeon 1914-19, one of the first eight dentists registered with the government following the regulation of the practice of dentistry on May 7, 1914 [1].

[A number of dentistry graduates of the University of Pennsylvania practiced in Hong Kong within this period: Joseph Whittlesey Noble, Penn. 1883, Hong Kong 1887, Drs. Poate and Noble, later his own practice. John Moore Crago, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong 1901, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Leidy Roger Reel, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong ca.1900, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Frederick Hoard Kew, Penn.1903, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble, later Drs. Kew Brothers. Emerson G. Curry, Penn. 1904, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. George T. Lemis, Penn. 1905, Hong Kong , Drs. Kew Brothers. Edward Evan Jones, Penn. 1906, Hong Kong 1906.]

[1 ] The first dental surgeons registered with the government following the enactment of the Dentistry Ordinance 1914: Mehdy Edward Asger, Arthur de Carvalho, Chaun Moon Hung 周夢熊, Edward Evan Jones, Frederick Howard Kew, Irvin Whiteley Kew, George Wiliam McKean, and Joseph Whittlesey Noble.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Journal, September 24, 1915, #438; May 30, 1919, #250. Penn Dental Journal, November 1906, p.36.

Fisher, John Charles (1880s)

updated April 25, 2014.

Hong Kong nlt.1884. Private practitioner. Objected to register (in accordance with Ordinance #6 of 1884 of April 5, 1884); allowed by the Hong Kong Government to continue to practice. Residence: 1. Glenealy 1884; Caine Road 1884.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, May 3, 1884, Notice.

Engelhard, Leopold (1885-1886)

updated August 20,2013

MD (Penn.) 1854. Registered to practice Hong Kong September 1, 1885 through 1886. Private practitioner 1885-86, address: Bank Building, Queen's Road 1885-86.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, September 5, 1885; May 6, 1886; May 7, 1887.

Curry, Emerson G. (1905)

updated November 29, 2013.

Dentist.

DDS (Penn.) 1904. Private practitioner, address: Balcock Building, Plainfield, New Jersey 1905. Sold practice to Clive W. Montford (Penn. 1902 graduate). Left San Francisco for Hong Kong March 4, 1905. Hong Kong 1905. Resided at Morris, New Jersey 1920. Owned country estate at New Vernon, 114 acres farm land southerly side James Street 1921.

HONG KONG 1905. Private practitioner, Dr. Joseph W. Noble.

m. Mabel W. [s.n.].

[A number of dentistry graduates of the University of Pennsylvania practiced in Hong Kong within this period: Joseph Whittlesey Noble, Penn. 1883, Hong Kong 1887, Drs. Poate and Noble, later his own practice. John Moore Crago, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong 1901, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Leidy Roger Reel, Penn. 1900, Hong Kong ca.1900, Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. Frederick Hoard Kew, Penn.1903, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble, later Drs. Kew Brothers. Emerson G. Curry, Penn. 1904, Hong Kong , Dr. Joseph Whittlesey Noble. George T. Lemis, Penn. 1905, Hong Kong , Drs. Kew Brothers. Edward Evan Jones, Penn. 1906, Hong Kong 1906.]

Selected bibliography: ancestry.com [internet]. The New York Times, July 2, 1921. The Penn Dental Journal, January 1905, p.74; November 1906, p.36.

Beede, William M.S. (1897)

updated

MD (Calif.) November 11, 1884. Hong Kong nlt.1897. Registered to practice Hong Kong November 16, 1897. Address: U.S. Consulate 1897.

Selected bibliography: The Hong Kong Government Gazette, November 20, 1897, Notice #498.