| Robert McCormick |
| Family
Name: |
McCormick |
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Spellings: |
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| Given
Names: |
Robert |
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| DOB |
22 July 1800
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DOD |
25 October 1890 |
| Place
of Birth: |
Runham, near Great Yarmouth, England
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Place
of Death: |
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| Age
at Death: |
90
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University:
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| Qualifications:
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MRCS 1822
FRCS 1844
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Speciality:
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Naval surgeon |
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| Voyages:
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HMS "Erebus" from the Cape arr. Hobart 15 August 1840
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| Came
out as: |
Naval surgeon |
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Settled Aus: |
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Date
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| Addresses:
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Hobart, VDL 1840 (shipping record) |
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| Positions
Held: |
Assistant Surgeon RN 1823
Surgeon RN 1827
Medical Officer and Geologist HMS "Erebus" 1840 |
| Publications:
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Voyages of discovery to the Arctic and Antarctic Seas. London, 1884 |
| Notes:
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Visited Hobart and Launceston 1840
Not in original Richards file |
| Acknowledgments:
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| References: |
Crowther WELH. Introduction of surgical anaesthesia in Van Diemen's Land. Medical Journal of Australia 1947;ii:561-72
Local. Hobart Town Courier 21 August 1840 [R. McCormick Surgeon on "Erebus"] |
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