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| Charles (Sir) Nicholson |
| Family
Name: |
Nicholson |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Charles (Sir) |
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| DOB |
23 November 1808
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DOD |
8 November 1903 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Cockermouth, Cumberland, England
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Place
of Death: |
London, England |
| Age
at Death: |
95
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MD Ed 1833
LRCS Ed 1832
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Speciality:
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Physician |
| Other
Occupations: |
Archaeologist
Parliamentarian
Philanthropist
Pastoralist |
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| Spouse:
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Sarah Keightley m.1865 England |
| Children: |
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| Voyages:
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"Georgiana" from London via Hobart arr. Sydney 1 May 1834
"Emeu" from Suez arr. Sydney 10 February 1859
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| Came
out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
1834
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1839 NSW No. 12
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Yorkshire, England (ADB)
Edinburgh, Scotland 1832 (ADB)
Sydney NSW 1833-1855 (ADB)
Egypt 1855-1858 (ADB)
Sydney, NSW 1859 (shipping record)
Rockhampton, Qld 1860-1861 (Rockhampton Bulletin)
England 1862 onwards (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
MLC NSW 1843-1856 (Parliament website) |
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| Notes:
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Became wealthy in NSW through inheritance and investment in property, shipping and railways (ADB)
Helped establish and shape the University of Sydney (ADB)
He returned to England permanently in 1862 and was married there in 1865 (ADB) |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in July 2005 with information supplied by Gillian Arnot Smith of Qld |
| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
New South Wales Medical Board. Minutes 7 January 1839 [registered Sydney, LRCS Ed 26 July 1832, MD Ed 12 July 1833]
Low F. The City of Sydney Directory for 1844-5
Gordon D. Men of medicine at Separation. Medical Journal of Australia 1962;ii:1-10
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney, 1976
Young J.A et al (eds) Centenary book of the University of Sydney, 1984:31-2
"Garryowen". Disciples of Aesculapius. In his: Chronicles of early Melbourne 1835 to 1852. Melbourne, 1888
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Obituary. Australasian Medical Gazette 1903;22:576 [died London aged 95, to Sydney 1834, member first medical board etc]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 3 May 1834
Domestic intelligence. Sydney Herald 12 April 1839 [Dr.Charles Nicholson, committee member, New South Wales Temperance Society at meeting]
Shipping. Sydney Morning Herald 10 February 1859 [Sir C. Nicholson on "Emeu" from Suez]
Complimentary dinner. Rockhampton Bulletin 14 December 1861 [Sir Charles Nicholson leaving for Europe] |
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