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| James Charles Cox |
| Family
Name: |
Cox |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
James Charles |
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| DOB |
21 July 1834
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DOD |
29 September 1912 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Mulgoa, NSW
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Place
of Death: |
Sydney, NSW |
| Age
at Death: |
78
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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LRCS Ed 1856
MD Ed 1857
FRCS Ed 1858
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Speciality:
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| Other
Occupations: |
Naturalist
Conchologist |
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| Spouse:
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Margaret Wharton m.1858 Scotland
Mary Frances Benson m.1878 Hobart Town, Tas.
Emma Gibbs m.1903 Sydney, NSW |
| Children: |
Four sons and six daughters from first marriage (ADB) |
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| Voyages:
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"Moravian" from London arr. Sydney 14 January 1859
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| Came
out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
Australian native
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Date
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| First
Registered: |
1859 NSW No.436
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Mulgoa, NSW (ADB)
Sydney, NSW 1852 (ADB)
Edinburgh, Scotland 1856-1858 (qualifications, shipping)
Sydney 1859 (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Resident Physician and Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
Resident Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital
Honorary Physician, Sydney Infirmary 1862-72
Honorary Surgeon Sydney Infirmary 1877-79
Hon. Cons. Physician Sydney Infirmary 1873-1876, 1880-1911
Lecturer, Sydney University
Physician, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney 1868-1884 |
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| Notes:
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Medical apprenticeship at Sydney Infirmary (ADB)
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| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in December 2009 with information from Max Coleman |
| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
New South Wales Medical Board. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1868 [James Charles Cox registered 1 February 1859 Sydney LRCS Ed 1856 MD Ed 1857 FRCS Ed 1858]
Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney, 1976
Young J.A et al (eds) Centenary book of the University of Sydney Faculty of Medicine. Sydney, 1984
Cleland JB. Naturalist in medicine with particular reference to Australia. Medical Journal of Australia 1950;1:549-63
Watson JF. History of the Sydney Hospital from 1811 to 1911. Sydney, Government Printer, 1911
St. Vincent's Hospital annual reports
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 15 January 1859 [Dr and Mrs Cox on "Moravian" from London]
Marriages. Mercury (Hobart) 25 March 1878 [James Charles Cox...to Mary Frances Benson]
Marriages. Sydney Mail 19 August 1903 [James C. Cox to Emmie, widow of the late William Gibbs]
Obituary. Australasian Medical Gazette 1912;32:370-1 [lecturer Sydney medical school, honorary Prince Alfred Hospital etc] |
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