| John White |
| Family
Name: |
White |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
John |
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| DOB |
1756 approx.
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DOD |
20 February 1832 |
| Place
of Birth: |
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Place
of Death: |
Worthing, Sussex, England |
| Age
at Death: |
75
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MD St. Andrews 1797
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
| Other
Occupations: |
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| Spouse:
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Rachel Turner (de facto) NSW (Gillen)
Elizabeth Priscilla Losack m.1796 London, England (Gillen)
Elizabeth Hope m.1828 Brighton, Sussex, England |
| Children: |
Andrew Douglas White (by Rachel)
Clara Christiana
Richard Hammond
Augusta Catherine Anne |
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| Voyages:
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"Charlotte" from Portsmouth arr. Botany Bay 20 January 1788 (First Fleet)
"Daedalus" dep. Sydney for England 17 December 1794
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon on convict ship |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1788
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Date
of Departure: |
1794 |
| First
Registered: |
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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New South Wales 1788-1794 (ADB)
England 1795 (ADB)
Sheerness, England 1799-1803 (ADB)
Chatham, England 1803-1820 (ADB)
Brighton, England 1820 onwards (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Surgeon's Mate, RN 1778 (ADB)
Surgeon RN 1781 (ADB)
Surgeon HMS "Irresistable" 1786 (ADB)
Prinicipal Surgeon NSW 1786 (ADB) |
| Publications:
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Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales. London, 1790 |
| Notes:
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Appointed first Surgeon-General of New South Wales, arriving with the First Fleet in 1788, returning to England in 1794. He collected flora and fauna around Sydney, and in 1790 published Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales containing 65 engravings of plants, birds and animals
After the first child, all his children were born to Elizabeth Losack
The information about his wives and children is from Gillen |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Pearn J. Gentlemen of the faculty : a synopsis of First Fleet surgeons. Med J Aust 1988;149:639-43
Smart RN. List of doctors awarded the MD of the University of St. Andrews [unpublished manuscript]
Ford E. Medical practice in early Sydney. Medical Journal of Australia 1955;ii:41-54
Spillane D. John White's voyage to New South Wales 1787-1788. In His Book: Medical Travellers. Oxford : OUP, 1984:128-43
Dan N. Medical men of the First Fleet. In: Pearn J., O'Carrigan C. Australia's quest for colonial health. Brisbane : Department of Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital, 1983: 3-12
Anderson D. John White, Surgeon General to the First Fleet. Medical Journal of Australia 1933;i:184
Gillen M. Founders of Australia. Sydney : Lbrary of Australian history, 1989 |
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