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John Henry Bridges
Family Name: Bridges  Variant Spellings:  
Given Names: John Henry
DOB 11 October 1832
DOD 15 June 1906 
Place of Birth: Old Newton, Suffolk
Place of Death:  
Age at Death: 73
School:
University:  
Qualifications: MB Oxford 1859
LRCP London 1859
MRCS 1860
FRCP London 1867
Speciality:  
Other Occupations:
Spouse: Susan Torlesse d.1860 Melbourne, Vic aged 29
Mary Alice Hadwen m.1869
Children:
Voyages: "Swiftsure" from London arr. Melbourne 9 June 1860
  • "Result" dep. Melbourne for London 7 January 1861
  • Came out as:  
    Date Settled Aus: 1860
    Date of Departure:  
    First Registered: 1860 Vic
    Off Register:  
    Addresses: Melbourne, Vic 1860-1861 (shipping record, Medical Register)
  • UK 1861 (Medical Register)
  • Bradford, England 1863 (Medical Register)
  • London, England 1873 (Medical directory)
  • Positions Held: Physician, Bradford Infirmary
  • Fellow of Oriel College Oxford
  • Medical Inspector, Local Government Board, London 1873
  • Publications: Lecture on health with remarks on the death-rate of Bradford...1862
  • Unity of Comte's life and doctrine 1865
  • Richelieu and Colbert 1866
  • Influence of civilization on health 1869
  • Notes: Remained in Australia less than a year (1860-1861)
    Acknowledgments:
    References: Legally qualified medical practitioners. Victorian Government Gazette 15 January 1861 [J. H. Bridges MB]
  • Medical Board of Victoria. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1863 [Melbourne, MB 1859 LRCP 1859 MRCSE 1860 registered 3 July 1860]
  • Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and suburban directory for 1861
  • Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom, 1863 [registered August 1861, Bradford MB 1859, LRCP 1859, MRCSE 1860]
  • Medical Directory (UK) 1873, 1878 [lists qualfications, publications and positions]
  • Lives of the Fellows. Royal College of Physicians website, 2019 [b. Old Newton, Suffolk 11 Oct 1832 d.15 June 1906 emigrated Melbourne 1860, lists wives, positions, known for his literary works]
  • Shipping. Age (Melbourne) 11 June 1860 [Dr Bridges and Mrs Bridges on "Swiftsure" from London]
  • Deaths. Argus (Melbourne) 10 December 1860 [Susan wife of Dr. J. H. Bridges]
  • Beauchamp Brothers [advertisement]. Argus (Melbourne) 28 December 1860 [Dr. Bridges selling furniture and horse, returning to England]
  • Shipping intelligence. Argus (Melbourne) 7 January 1861 [Dr Bridges on "Result" for England]
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