| Edmund Bowden |
| Family
Name: |
Bowden |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Edmund |
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| DOB |
1801
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DOD |
3 September 1847 |
| Place
of Birth: |
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Place
of Death: |
Hobart Town, VDL |
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at Death: |
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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LSA 1823
MRCS 1823
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Speciality:
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Occupations: |
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| Spouse:
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Unknown first wife (ADB)
Phillippa Bull Powell m.1841 London (ADB) |
| Children: |
Amelia Gilbert (ADB) |
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| Voyages:
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"Woodbridge" from London arr. Hobart 25 December 1843
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon on convict ship |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1843
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1845 VDL
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Chelsea, London, England (Courier)
Hobart, VDL 1843, 1847 |
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| Positions
Held: |
Surgeon, Chelsea and Brompton Dispensary 1838 (ADB)
Superintendent, Female Penitentiary, Hobart 1843 |
| Publications:
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Fissured nipples [letter]. London Medical Gazette 14 November 1829 [signed E. Bowden, surgeon, Sloane Street] |
| Notes:
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| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in February 2009 with information from Christine Laskowski of Essendon, Vic |
| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Court of Medical Examiners. Launceston Examiner 4 April 1846 [Edmund Bowden of Restdown on list of legally qualified medical practitioners]
Restdown or Risdon. Mercury (Hobart) 28 February 1912 [argues the name Restdown was applied to the place now known as Risdon]
Forster FMC. David D. Davis' obstetric atlas in Tasmania in 1846: Edmund Bowden's gift to Robert Officer. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 1983; 23:88-92
Shipping intelligence. Courier (Hobart) 29 December 1843 [Dr Mrs and Miss Bowden on "Woodbridge" from London]
The Anson. Courier (Hobart) 29 October 1844
Deaths. Courier (Hobart) 4 September 1847 [on board HMS "Anson" Edmund Bowden formerly of Sloane Street Chelsea] |
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