Augustus Burke Shepherd (1839–1885) was a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians who later became the dean of

St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington St Mary's Hospital is an NHS hospital in Paddington, in the City of Westminster, London, founded in 1845. Since the UK's first academic health science centre was created in 2008, it has been operated by Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, ...

. Shepherd graduated from

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...

with a B. Med. in 1865. He then became a doctor at St. Mary's, and was notable for delivering the

Goulstonian Lectures The Goulstonian Lectures are an annual lecture series given on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians in London. They began in 1639. The lectures are named for Theodore Goulston (or Gulston, died 1632), who founded them with a bequest A beque ...

in 1876. His parents lived in St. Leonard's on Sea. He married Amelia Staines (later

Amelia Jackson Amelia Jackson (1842 – 1925) was an accomplished musician and the wife of Rector W. W. Jackson of Exeter College, Oxford. Her bequest to the college enabled the creation of a fund to provide graduate scholarships and financial aid to students. ...

). Shepherd had a tendency to drink too much and died at the age of 46.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Shepherd, Augustus 1839 births 1885 deaths 19th-century English medical doctors Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians