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| Francois Peron |
| Family
Name: |
Peron |
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| Given
Names: |
Francois |
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| DOB |
22 August 1775
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DOD |
14 December 1810 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Cérilly, Allier, France
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Place
of Death: |
Cérilly, Allier, France |
| Age
at Death: |
35
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Naturalist |
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| Voyages:
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"Le Geographie" 1800-1804 (Baudin expedition)
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| Came
out as: |
Ship's surgeon |
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Settled Aus: |
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| Addresses:
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Sydney, NSW 1802 (shipping record) |
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| Publications:
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Voyage of discovery to the southern hemisphere...during the years 1801,1802,1803 and 1804. London, 1809 (and later english editions) |
| Notes:
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He spent three years at the Paris Medical School in the late 1790s but did not qualify (ADB)
Naturalist on the expedition of Nicholas Baudin, and later its official historian (ADB)
Conducted the first medical experiments in Australia, using a dynamometer to test the strength of Aborigines (ADB) |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Duyker E. Francois Peron an impetuous life.
Carlton, Vic. : Miegunyah Press, 2006
Pearn J. French doctors at Sydney Cove. In: Fevers & Frontiers. Brisbane : Amphion Press, 1990:43-61
Pearn J. Around the rim. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 1994;64:38-44, 121-4 |
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