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| Benjamin Bynoe |
| Family
Name: |
Bynoe |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Benjamin |
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| DOB |
1803
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DOD |
13 November 1865 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Barbados, West Indies
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Place
of Death: |
London, England |
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at Death: |
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1825
FRCS 1844
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
| Other
Occupations: |
Naturalist
Explorer
Traveller
Plant Collector |
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| Voyages:
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HMS "Beagle" arr. Port Essington NT 17 July 1839
"Blundell" from London via Norfolk Is. arr. Sydney 30 July 1844
"Blundell" dep. Sydney for Calcutta 1 September 1844
"Lord Auckland" from Dublin arr. VDL 26 August 1846
"Abouker" from Plymouth arr. VDL 20 March 1852
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| Came
out as: |
Ship's surgeon |
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Settled Aus: |
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Date
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Off
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| Addresses:
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England
Western Australia
Bass Strait
NSW |
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| Positions
Held: |
Assistant Surgeon RN 1825
Surgeon RN 1831
Staff Surgeon RN |
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| Notes:
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Surgeon HMS Beagle (with breaks) 1825-1843
Surgeon on the voyage of the Beagle (1837-1843). Collected at Depuch Island and the Abrolhos, (and perhaps on Dampier Peninsula) in Western Australia, Victoria River in the Northern Territory, in Bass Strait, and in New South Wales
Bynoe Harbour, NT named after him
Acacia bynoeana named after him |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Bateson C. Convict ships. Glasgow, 1959
Navy list 1838 [Benj. Bynoe Surgeon 1837 and Thomas Tait Assistant Surgeon 1837 on "Beagle" Survey Vessel, Australia]
Australian National Botanic Gardens website, biographical notes
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Power D. Plarr's lives of the fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 2 vols. Bristol, 1930
Keevil JJ. Benjamin Bynoe (1804-1865), surgeon of HMS Beagle. Journal of the Royal Naval Medical Service, October 1949; XXXV(4):251-68
Domestic intelligence. Colonial Times (Hobart) 10 July 1838 [arrival of HMS "Beagle" from Swan River]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 31 July 1844 [Dr Bynoe (originally of HMS Beagle)]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 2 September 1844 [Dr. Bynoe RN] |
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