George Frederick Vernon Anson, known as Eric Anson, was New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetist. He was the first President of the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists (NZSA) and a member of the NZ Committee of the Faculty of Anaesthetists.
He served in the Royal Navy in World War I first as temporary surgeon and then in active naval service. In May 1917 he was wounded in action. After the war, he returned to New Zealand to get his medical registration before going back to Britain where he worked as an anaesthetist at Birmingham Hospital and Birmingham Children's Hospital. == Legacy ==
Legacy
In 1970 the Anson Memorial Foundation was set up in his memory to assist postgraduate education. Prizes are awarded by the New Zealand Society of Anaesthetists. ==References==