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| Anthony Colling Brownless |
| Family
Name: |
Brownless |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Anthony Colling |
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| DOB |
19 January 1817
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DOD |
3 December 1897 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Kent, England
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Place
of Death: |
Melbourne, Vic |
| Age
at Death: |
80
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCSE 1841
LSA 1841
MD St.Andrews 1846
FRCS 1884
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Speciality:
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Medical educator |
| Other
Occupations: |
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| Spouse:
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Ellen Hawker m. Brussels 1842 d. 1846 (ADB)
Anne Jane Hamilton m. 1852 (ADB) |
| Children: |
Two sons by his first wife (ADB)
Three sons and three daughters by his second wife (ADB) |
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| Voyages:
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"Chaseley" from Liverpool arr. Melbourne December 1852
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon superintendent |
| Date
Settled Aus: |
1852
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
1852 Vic
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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Kent, England (ADB)
London, England 1841-1845 (ADB)
Liege, Belgium 1845-1846 (ADB)
London 1846-1852 approx. (ADB)
Melbourne, Vic 1852 onwards |
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| Positions
Held: |
Physician Metropolitan Dispensary, London (ADB)
Physician Royal General Dispensary Aldersgate Street, London (ADB)
Vice-Chancellor University of Melbourne 1858-1887
Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1887-1897
Senior Physician Melb Hosp |
| Publications:
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Numerous (see refs) |
| Notes:
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He established the School of Medicine at Melbourne University in 1862
After delays due to injury, illness and travels in Europe and America, he qualified in London in 1841 (ADB)
He converted to Roman Catholicism in 1858 and was twice honoured by the Pope (ADB)
He was knighted in 1893 (ADB) |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Government notice. Victoria Government Gazette 2 January 1853 [Anthony C. Brownless M.D. listed]
Medical Board of Victoria. Medical Register 1863 [Anthony Colling Brownless, Melbourne, MRCS 1841 LSA 1841, MD St. Andrews 1846, MD Melb (aeg) 1858]
Russell KF. Melbourne Medical School 1862-1962. Carlton, Vic, 1977
Smart RN. List of doctors awarded the MD of the University of St. Andrews [unpublished manuscript]
Plarr's lives of the fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. RCS website, 2016
Obituary. Australasian Medical Gazette 1897;16:610-1
Obituary. Intercolonial Medical Journal of Australasia. 1898;3:44-6
Medical Board of Victoria. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1867
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney, 1976
Pearn J. Forced emigration, favourable outcomes. Aust N Z J Public Health 2001;25(5):458-63
University of Melbourne Medical School Jubilee 1914. Melbourne, 1914 [portrait]
Pearn J. Doctor in the garden. Brisbane, 2001
Brothers A. Tribute to AC Brownless. Chiron 2003;5(1):52-3 |
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