Dame Agnes Gwendoline Hunt DBE RRC was a British nurse, who is generally recognised as the first orthopaedic nurse.
10 Facts About Agnes Hunt
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Agnes Hunt was born in London, daughter and sixth of eleven children of Rowland Hunt of Boreatton Park, Baschurch, a village in west Shropshire, England, and his wife, Florence Marianne, eldest daughter of Richard Buckley Humfrey of Stoke Albany, Northamptonshire, England.
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Agnes Hunt was a cousin of the Naval officer Sir Nicholas Hunt, his son being the politician Jeremy Hunt.
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Agnes Hunt's own brother, another Rowland Hunt was a politician.
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Agnes Hunt was disabled from osteomyelitis of the hip that she developed as a child following septicaemia.
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Agnes Hunt opened a convalescent home, the Baschurch Children's hospital, attached to the Salop Infirmary at Shrewsbury, for disabled children at Florence House in Baschurch in 1900 which espoused the theory of open-air treatment.
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Agnes Hunt invited him to visit the convalescent home and he eventually began travelling there on a regular basis to provide treatment to the children.
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In 1918, Agnes Hunt was awarded the Royal Red Cross for her contribution during the war.
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Agnes Hunt referred to Emily as 'Goody' and they lived together at Florence House, Baschurch.
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Agnes Hunt was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1926.