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| Edward Charles Stirling |
| Family
Name: |
Stirling |
Variant
Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Edward Charles |
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| DOB |
8 September 1848
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DOD |
20 March 1919 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Strathalbyn, SA
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Place
of Death: |
Mount Lofty, SA |
| Age
at Death: |
70
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| School:
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1872
MB Cantab 1873
FRCS 1874
MD Cantab 1880
MD Adel 1882
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Speciality:
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Surgeon |
| Other
Occupations: |
Parliamentarian
Explorer
Ethnologist
Palaeontologist |
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| Spouse:
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Jane Gilbert m.1877 South Australia |
| Children: |
Five daughters and two sons |
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| Voyages:
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"Mirzapore" dep. Southampton for Adelaide 30 March 1881
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| Came
out as: |
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| Date
Settled Aus: |
Born in South Australia
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Date
of Departure: |
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| First
Registered: |
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Off
Register: |
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| Addresses:
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South Australia 1848-1866 approx., 1875-1877, 1881 onwards (ADB) |
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| Positions
Held: |
MHA South Australia 1884-1887 (ADB)
Director, South Australian Museum 1884-1912 (ADB)
For other positions see ADB |
| Publications:
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See Ford and ADB |
| Notes:
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Knighted 1917
FRS 1893 |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Australian Dictionary of Biography
Jennings R. Annotated list of registered medical practitioners South Australia 1844-1918. Adelaide, 1994 [registered SA 1881]
Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1874 [Edward Charles Stirling, London, MRCS 1872, registered 16 July 1873]
Plarr's lives of the fellows online. Royal College of Surgeons website [Knight Bachelor 1917; CMG 1892; MRCS 1872; FRCS 1874; MB Cantab 1873; MA MD 1880; DSc 1909; FRS 1893]
Ford E. Bibliography of Australian Medicine 1790-1900. Sydney, 1976
Home correspondence. South Australian Register 22 December 1868 [Messrs E. Stirling, E. C. Stirling and J. L. Stirling attend dinner in London]
Shipping. Sydney Morning Herald 26 July 1875 [Dr. Stirling on "Singapore" from Hong Kong][is this him?]
Shipping. Sydney Mail 31 July 1875 [Dr. Stirling on "Barrabool" for Melbourne][is this him?]
Shipping news. Adelaide Observer 7 August 1875 [Dr. Stirling on "Flinders" from Melbourne][is this him?]
News. Evening Journal (Adelaide) 1 May 1878 [Mr. E. C. Stirling MB FRCS appointed Assistant Surgeon St. George's Hospital, London]
Shipping intelligence. South Australian Register 4 April 1881 [Mr. and Mrs E. C. Stirling, three children and two servants on "Mirzapore" from London] |
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