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Name: HARAN, James Augustine CMG (Dr.)
Birth Date: 16 Dec 1869 Limerick
Death Date: 17 Apr 1940 Bath
Nationality: British
First Date: 1898
Profession: Medical doctor
Area: 1899 Nairobi, Mombasa, Kisumu
Married: In Exeter 1908 Elenore Cavanagh b. 29 Apr 1874 Dublin, d. 23 Sep 1960 Wells, Somerset
Children: Agnes Augustine (21 Apr 1911 Blean, Kent-2006); Elenore Joan (1914 Blean-2009)
Book Reference: HBEA, Cuckoo, Debrett, EAHB 1905, Red 25, EAS, North, EA Diary 1903, Drumkey, EAHB 1906, Gazette, Nicholls, EA Diary 1902, EAHB 1904, EAHB 1907, Leader14, Red Book 1912, Red 19
School: Trinity College, Dublin, MB, BCH (Dubl), MD (Dubl)
General Information:
Cuckoo - Haran was one of the best doctors who ever served in E.A., and fortunately an acknowledged authority on bubonic plague and other tropical diseases. A bluff Irishman, he was rather a quaint character and regarded by many as an eccentric person; but we were always good friends, and I had a great admiration for his medical skill.
Debrett - sometime Resident Med. Officer, Barrington's Hospital, Limerick; Hon. Major in the Army; Chm. Mombasa Town Planning Committee 1909; has been Med. Officer of Health, Mombasa, and Dep. Principal Med. Officer, EA Protectorate; has Historical Soc's gold medal in History
EAHB 1905 - Medical Officer, EAP, Feb. 1st 1898.
The African Standard - 26-2-1903 - Invited to the wedding of H.R. Phelips & Miss Jacquette Edith Lambe in Mombasa North - Moved to Nairobi during outbreak of plague March, April 1902; Nairobi Sept. 1902; Kisumu
Drumkey 1909 - Medical Dept. - Medical Officer, 1898
Gazette - 23/9/1914 - Appt. - To be Deputy Director of Medical Services
Gazette - 4/11/1914 - Appt. - East Africa Medical Services - To be Major - Dr. J.A. Haran
Nicholls - an enthusiastic walker. As he left the windows of his house uncurtained, at night passers-by could see him standing upright in front of a sloping board atop a tall packing case, reading a book intently by the light of two tallow candles. He had absolutely no social life.
EA Diary 1902 - Listed as Doctor
EA Diary 1903 - Medical Officer, EA Protectorate, Feb 1 1898
Red Book 1912 - J.A. Haran - Mombasa
Red Book 1912 - Medical Dept - Medical Officer of Health - Nairobi
Red Book 1912 - Registered Medical Practitioner
Red Book 1919 - Medical Officer, EA Protectorate 1918 - Deputy PMO Nairobi
HBEA 1912 - Senior Medical Officer, Mombasa.
Cuckoo - 1904 - Medical Officer, Kisumu.
EAHB 1905 - Medical Officer, Kisumu.
Red 25 - Deputy P.M.O. 1913-20