Biographical entry Thomson, William (1819 - 1883)

Summary

William Thomson won international repute as an epidemiologist through his many publications between 1870 and 1883, chiefly on typhoid fever and tuberculosis in Australia. He was editor of the "Australian Medical Journal" 1859-61.

Archival resources

Australian Medical Association (Victorian Branch)

• William Thomson - Records, 1864 - 1883; Australian Medical Association (Victorian Branch). Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gandevia, Bryan, 'Thomson, William (1819-1883), medical practitioner and epidemiologist', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 270-272. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060291b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Thomson, William', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-923548. 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=P000171. Details
• Davies, Susan, 'R. v.d. R. Wooley in Australia', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 1, 1984, pp. 59-69. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9840610059.htm. Details