"La Coquille" from Toulon arr. Sydney 18 January 1824
Came
out as:
Naval surgeon
Date
Settled Aus:
1824
Date
of Departure:
First
Registered:
Off
Register:
Addresses:
Sydney, NSW 1824
Positions
Held:
Publications:
Voyage Medical autour du Monde, 1829
He also published works on ornithology, zoology and pharmacology
Notes:
Surgeon under Louis Isidore Duperrey on "La Coquille" during its circumnavigation of the globe (1822-25)
The article by Abbott includes a selection from his writings
Acknowledgments:
References:
Royle HG. state of health in New South wales in the 1820s. Medical Journal of Australia 1973;1:950
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney, 1976
Wikipedia (website)
Abbott JHM. Sydney in 1824. World's News (Sydney) 20 January 1832 [French naval surgeon Pierre Lesson on "la Coquille" 63 days in Sydney from 17 January 1824 left Toulon 11 August 1822]