# Duncan Stout
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{{Short description|New Zealand medic, soldier, and author}}
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thumb|right|Stout in 1962
'''Sir Thomas Duncan MacGregor Stout''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CBE|DSO|ED|size=85%}} (25 July 1885 – 27 February 1979) was a New Zealand medic, soldier and author.
==Biography==
Born in [Wellington](/source/Wellington) in 1885, he was the son of [Anna Stout](/source/Anna_Stout), a suffragist, and [Robert Stout](/source/Robert_Stout),[{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18850728.2.8 | title=Births | date=28 July 1885 | work=[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times) | accessdate=24 August 2014 | page=2}}] who was the [Premier of New Zealand](/source/Premier_of_New_Zealand) at the time. He was educated at [Wellington College](/source/Wellington_College_(New_Zealand))[{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=NZH19040126.2.38 | title=University examinations | date=26 January 1904 | work=[New Zealand Herald](/source/New_Zealand_Herald) | accessdate=24 August 2014 | page=5}}] and then studied medicine at [Guy's Hospital, University of London](/source/King's_College_London_School_of_Medicine).[{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CHP19070916.2.18 | title=News of the day | date=16 September 1907 | work=[The Press](/source/The_Press) | accessdate=24 August 2014 | page=6}}] He was conferred [LRCP](/source/LRCP) in 1910[{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT19100611.2.135 | title=Personal notes from London | date=11 June 1910 | work=[Otago Daily Times](/source/Otago_Daily_Times) | accessdate=24 August 2014 | page=14}}] and received a [ChM](/source/ChM) in 1914.[{{cite web |url=http://shadowsoftime.co.nz/university22.html |title=NZ university graduates 1870–1961: Sl–Sz |date= |website= |publisher= |accessdate=24 August 2014}}]
He married [Agnes Isobel Pearce](/source/Agnes_Isobel_Pearce) {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}}, who served as an ambulance driver at [Brockenhurst](/source/Brockenhurst) Hospital in Hampshire during the First World War,[{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=NZFL19190313.1.12 | title=Engagement of two young Wellingtonians in London | date=13 March 1919 | work=Free Lance | accessdate=24 August 2014 | page=12}}] at [St Paul's](/source/Old_St._Paul's%2C_Wellington) in Wellington on 4 December 1919.[{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19191205.2.113 | title=Women in print | date=5 December 1919 | work=Evening Post | accessdate=24 August 2014 | page=9}}] The couple had four children: Squadron Leader Robert Edward Stout; Arthur Duncan Stout; John David Stout (whose legacy funds the [http://www.victoria.ac.nz/stout-centre/ Stout Centre]); and [Vida Stout](/source/Vida_Stout).
He saw service in both [World War I](/source/World_War_I) and [World War II](/source/World_War_II) with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF). He later wrote three volumes relating to the medical services of the NZEF in World War II for [New Zealand's official history](/source/Official_History_of_New_Zealand_in_the_Second_World_War_1939%E2%80%9345). He was the first chancellor of [Victoria University of Wellington](/source/Victoria_University_of_Wellington) after the dis-establishment of the [University of New Zealand](/source/University_of_New_Zealand) into its constituent colleges.
He remained in his post until his retirement in 1966.[{{cite news |title=Duncan Stout Retirement|url=http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Salient29101966-t1-body-d2a.html |accessdate=11 May 2019 |work=Salient: Victoria University Students’ Paper |issue=Vo. 29, No. 10 |date=29 July 1966}}]
Stout died in 1979 and his ashes were buried in [Karori Cemetery](/source/Karori_Cemetery).[{{cite web |url= http://wellington.govt.nz/services/community-and-culture/cemeteries/cemeteries-search/details?id=113647&serviceType=AshesBurial |title=Cemeteries search |date= |website= |publisher=[Wellington City Council](/source/Wellington_City_Council) |accessdate=24 August 2014}}]
==Honours and awards==
Stout was appointed a [Companion of the Distinguished Service Order](/source/Companion_of_the_Distinguished_Service_Order) in 1917,[{{London Gazette |issue=30111 |date=4 June 1917 |page=5476 |supp=y }}] and in 1919 he was made an [Officer of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire), for valuable services rendered in connection with the war.[{{London Gazette |issue=31684 |date=12 December 1919 |page=15457 |supp=y }}] In 1935, he was awarded the [King George V Silver Jubilee Medal](/source/King_George_V_Silver_Jubilee_Medal).[{{cite news | url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19350506.2.12 | title=Official jubilee medals | date=6 May 1935 | volume=CXIX | issue=105 | newspaper=[Evening Post](/source/The_Evening_Post_(New_Zealand)) | accessdate=24 August 2014 | page=4}}] He was promoted to [Commander of the Order of the British Empire](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) in 1943, in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East between May and October 1942.[{{London Gazette |issue=35908 |date=18 February 1943 |page=857 |supp=y }}] In 1953, Stout was awarded the [Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Coronation_Medal),[{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=421}}] and in the [1962 New Year Honours](/source/1962_New_Year_Honours_(New_Zealand)) he was appointed a [Knight Bachelor](/source/Knight_Bachelor), for services to medicine and education.[{{London Gazette |issue=42554 |date=1 January 1962 |page=39 |supp=y }}]
Stout was conferred with an honorary [LLD](/source/Legum_Doctor) by the [University of New Zealand](/source/University_of_New_Zealand) in 1961.