Biographical entry Maund, John (1823 - 1858)
- Born
- 12 March 1823
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England - Died
- 3 April 1858
Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and Analytical chemist
Summary
John Maund was founding editor, with Joseph Black, of the "Australian Medical Journal" 1855, founder of the Melbourne Lying-in Hospital (later the Royal Women's Hospital) and government analytical chemist.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Cooper, Margaret, 'John Maund, 1823-1858', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
- Forster, Frank M. C., 'Maund, John (1823-1858), physician and analytical chemist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 5, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1974, pp. 230-231. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A050262b.htm. Details
Conference Papers
- Kirsop, Wallace, 'The Library of Dr. John Maund', in Harold Attwood and R. W. Home (eds), Patients, Practitioners and Techniques: Second National Conference on Medicine and Health in Australia, Melbourne, 1984, Medical History Unit and Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne, a, Melbourne, 1984. Details
Journal Articles
- Maund, John, 'The Water of the Plenty River', Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science, vol. 1, Published for the Society by G. Robinson, Melbourne, 1854-1855, pp. 136-143. Details
- Maund, John, 'On the Mineral Waters of Victoria', Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science, vol. 1, Published for the Society by G. Robinson, Melbourne, 1854-1855, pp. 70-74. Details
- Maund, John, 'On the Deterioration of Grain and Flour', Transactions and Proceedings of the Victorian Institute for the Advancement of Science, vol. 1, Published for the Society by G. Robinson, Melbourne, 1854-1855, pp. 48-53. Details
- Maund, John, 'Report of analysis of water from Yan Yean', The Australian Medical Journal, vol. 3, T.M. Buzzard, Melbourne, 1858, pp. 163-164. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Maund, John', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466545. Details
See also
- Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000113. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 18 October 2006
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