Herbert Macandrew (ca. 1858 – 15 January 1917) was a New Zealand medical doctor and medical superintendent of the Seaview Asylum in Hokitika on the West Coast of the South Island.
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Macandrew's father was the politician James Macandrew and he was one of four brothers and four sisters.[1]
He was born in Dunedin and attended Otago Boys High School.[2] He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh; after graduating in 1883 he worked at an asylum in Shrewsbury.[2] He was assistant medical officer at Seacliff Asylum and from 1887 was medical superintendent at Seaview Asylum in Hokitika for 28 years.[1][3]
He and his wife had one son and two daughters.[1]
Macandrew died of cancer on 15 January 1917 aged 57 in Hokitika.[1][2] He is buried in the Hokitika Cemetery.