Horace Dean, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Horace Dean

Australian doctor, journalist and politician

Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1814

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 08-May-1887

Profession: physician, politician, postmaster, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Horace Dean

  • Horace Dean (10 November 1814 – 8 May 1887) was an American adventurer who practiced as a doctor in Australia and was a journalist and political candidate at elections in South Australia and New South Wales. Dean was born in Chicago.
  • In 1846, he enlisted in the Mexican–American War as a surgeon and cavalry captain, apparently using forged medical diplomas from Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, and the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, Missouri.
  • In 1847, he killed a fellow officer in a duel and fled to England, where he spent some months in a lunatic asylum.
  • He married Jane Ann Mitchell, at Hastings and travelled to Adelaide as surgeon on the Augusta in 1849. He practiced as a doctor in Angaston in the Barossa Valley and was naturalised and admitted to a roll of medical practitioners in October 1850.
  • He became an honorary special magistrate in 1852.
  • His populist attacks on George Angas, led Angas to investigate Dean's qualifications and identity.
  • As a result, Governor MacDonnell wrote in 1855 to Jefferson Davis, American Secretary of War to clarify the matter and Davis rejected Dean's claims.
  • He was forced to resign from the magistracy and was struck off the medical rolls in 1857.
  • He attempted to redeem his name by standing for the first election to the House of Assembly for Barossa in March 1857.
  • He won, but he was disqualified by the Court of Disputed Returns.
  • He won the resulting by-election in June but was disqualified again.Dean travelled to Melbourne and Sydney where he wrote for Henry Parkes' The Empire and in 1858 became as a storekeeper at Tinonee, near Taree on the Manning River.
  • He again practised medicine, although unregistered, and started the Manning River News in 1865.
  • In December 1869, he was elected for the Hastings but was disqualified because he worked for the Government as a postmaster.
  • In July 1870, he won the resulting by-election but was again disqualified, this time due to his lack of citizenship.Dean then moved to Uralla and, in 1875, he purchased a store at Grafton.
  • He became Mayor of Grafton, in 1878, but was sacked within six months for "gross mismanagement".
  • He announced his intention of writing his autobiography, but a flood washed away his papers and destroyed his store.
  • He died in Grafton, survived by four sons and four daughters.

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