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| James Ormiston McWilliam |
| Family
Name: |
McWilliam |
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| Given
Names: |
James Ormiston |
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| DOB |
1808
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DOD |
4 May 1862 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Dalkeith, Scotland
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| Qualifications:
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LRCS 1827
MD Ed 1840
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
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| Voyages:
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"Forfarshire" from Plymouth arr. Hobart 12 October 1843
"Clara" for London dep. Sydney February 1844
"Hydrabad" from London arr. Sydney 4 March 1845
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| Came
out as: |
Surgeon on convict ship |
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Settled Aus: |
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| Addresses:
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Tower Hill, London 1827, 1859, 1861 (College Lists, Medical Register, Lancet)
Hobart Town, VDL 1843 (shipping record)
Sydney, NSW 1844, 1845 (shipping record) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Assistant Surgeon RN 1829
Surgeon RN 1837
Senior Surgeon, Niger Expedition 1840
Customs Medical Inspector 1852 (Lancet)
Secretary, Epidemiological Society 1861 (Lancet) |
| Publications:
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Medical history of the expedition to the Niger. London, 1843 |
| Notes:
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FRS 1848 |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Bateson C. Convict ships. Glasgow, 1959
Concise dictionary of national biography. Oxford, 1930 [1808-1862, MO Niger Expedition, Surgeon RN 1830, MD Ed 1840, studied yellow fever, MO custom house 1847-1862, FRS 1848]
James Ormiston McWilliam (1807–1862). Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1950;44(1):127-44
Ed. Biographies [born Dalkeith 1808 died 4 May 1862 Assistant Surgeon 1829 Surgeon 1841 Niger Expedition]
Brown GH, Munk W. Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1826-1925 [RN 1829 Niger Expedition 1841 etc]
Comrie files
Obituary. Medical Times and Gazette 17 May 1862 [CB FRS FRCP from Dalkeith RN 1829 Niger Expedition etc]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 13 November 1843 [Dr. M. Williams]
Medical history of the expedition to the Niger [book review]. Sydney Morning Herald 26 December 1843
Passage to London [advertisement]. Sydney Morning Herald 20 January 1844 [Dr. McWilliam of the Royal Navy goes as surgeon]
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 19 February 1845
Shipping intelligence. Sydney Morning Herald 5 March 1845 [Dr. McWilliam RN Surgeon Superintendent] |
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