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| Archibald Menzies |
| Family
Name: |
Menzies |
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Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Archibald |
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| DOB |
15 March 1754
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DOD |
15 February 1842 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Easter Stix, Perthshire, Scotland
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Place
of Death: |
London, England |
| Age
at Death: |
87
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MD Aberdeen 1799
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
| Other
Occupations: |
Gardener
Botanist
Explorer
Zoologist
Diarist |
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| Spouse:
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Married |
| Children: |
No children |
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| Voyages:
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HMS "Discovery" from England arr. King George Sound 28 September 1791
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| Positions
Held: |
Assistant Surgeon RN by 1782 (Wikipedia)
Surgeon RN 1786 (Wikipedia) |
| Publications:
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Newcombe CH. Menzies' journal of Vancouver's voyage. Victoria, B.C., 1923 |
| Notes:
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According to Wikipedia he qualified as a surgeon at Edinburgh and worked as assistant to a doctor in Carnarvon before joining the navy
Appointed as naturalist on HMS "Discovery" 1790 he took over the duties of surgeon during the voyage
The ship visited Western Australia briefly and surveyed the south coast en route for New Zealand in 1791 |
| Acknowledgments:
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This record was updated in April 2005 with information supplied by Les Johnson of Lower Kalgan, WA; and further updated in June 2009 with information from James Beattie of Hamilton, NZ |
| References: |
Archibald Menzies. Wikipedia, June 2012 [born Easter Stix 15 March 1754 died London 15 February 1842]
Vancouver Expedition. Wikipedia June 2012
Pearn J. Courage and curiosity. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 1992;62:219-34, 304-10
Pearn J. Medicine and Botany. Brisbane, 1990
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Menzies A. Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, Nootka 26 September 1792. In: Historical Records of New Zealand, Volume I. Wellington, 1908 [replacing Cranston as surgeon of "Discovery"]
Galloway D. Extra-European lichen collections of Archibald Menzies MD, FLS(1754-1842)', Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 52, 2 (1995), pp.95-139 |
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