Sir James Wilson Agnew |
Family
Name: |
Agnew |
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Spellings: |
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Given
Names: |
Sir James Wilson |
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DOB |
2 October 1815
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DOD |
8 November 1901 |
Place
of Birth: |
Ballyclare, County Antrim, Ireland
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Place
of Death: |
Hobart, Tas. |
Age
at Death: |
86
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School:
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University:
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Qualifications:
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MRCS 1838
MD Glasgow 1839
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Speciality:
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Other
Occupations: |
Parliamentarian
JP |
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Spouse:
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Louisa Mary Fraser m.1846 Hobart d.1868 aged 40
Blanche Parsons nee Legge m.1878 |
Children: |
Six children |
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Voyages:
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"Willmot" from London arr. Sydney 1839
"William Woolley" dep. Sydney for Port Phillip 15 August 1840
"Jewess" from Sydney arr. Hobart 30 June 1841
"Gilbert Jamieson" from Port Phillip arr. Hobart 18 October 1841
"Lady Franklin" from Norfolk Island with convicts arr. Sydney 20 May 1844
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Came
out as: |
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Date
Settled Aus: |
by 1839
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Date
of Departure: |
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First
Registered: |
1840 NSW No.157
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Off
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Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1839-1840 (shipping record)
Port Phillip 1840 (shipping record)
Van Diemen's Land 1841 (shipping record)
Norfolk Island 1844 (shipping record)
Hobart, Tas 1845-1881 (ADB)
England 1881-1883 approx. (ADB)
Hobart 1884 onwards (ADB) |
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Positions
Held: |
Assistant Surgeon, agricultural establishment 1841 (ADB)
Assistant Surgeon, Saltwater River Probation Station 1841 (ADB)
MLC Tasmania 1877-1881, 1884-1887, Premier 1886-1887
For other positions see ADB, Bruck, obituaries |
Publications:
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Teeth and poison apparatus of the snakes in Tasmania. Tasmanian Journal of Natural Science 1841
On snakes of Tasmania. Australian Medical Journal 1859:91
Hydrophobia in Hobart. Australian Medical Journal 1867:173
Homeopathy. Australian Medical Journal 1871:26
Case of embolism. Australian Medical Journal 1875:332 |
Notes:
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Registered 1846 VDL
Knighted 1895 |
Acknowledgments:
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References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883 [late of Hobart, now absent in Europe]
Addison WI. Roll of the graduates of the University of Glasgow, 1898
Obituary. Australasian Medical Gazette 1901; 20:489, 545, 547
Hughes IA. Coastal Passengers to Port Phillip 1841. Melbourne : Ian A. Hughes 1983-6
Coffey HW & Morgan MJ (Ed) Irish Families & Australia and New Zealand 1788-1983 Revised Vol. 1 A-D Ed. S.Melb. 1983
Medical directory for 1873, and general medical register. London : Churchill, 1873
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 18 August 1840
Shipping intelligence.Sydney Morning Herald 27 May 1844 [Dr. Agnew] |
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