Person

Cox, James Charles (1834 - 1912)

FLS

Born
21 July 1834
Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
Died
29 September 1912
Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Physician, Shell collector and Conchologist

Summary

James Cox was one of Sydney's leading medical practitioners. He had an active private practice as a physician and for nearly 50 years was associated with the Sydney Infirmary as a physician, surgeon and reformer of the hospital's management. A pharmacopoeia which he compiled in 1870 initially met with some resistance. Between 1883 and 1901 he lectured in medical principles and practice at the University of Sydney. Cox was also one of the leading naturalists in New South Wales. He was a foundation member of the Entomological Society of New South Wales and later President of its successor, the Linnean Society of New South Wales. In particular he was noted as a conchologist. He discovered many new species. Among his more than 130 publications was the first monograph published in Australia on molluscs, A monograph of Australian land shells (1868). While most of his shells was sold in London 1904 - 1905, some of his collection was donated to the Australian Museum.

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Chronology

1857
Education - MD, University of Edinburgh
1858
Education - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, London
1859
Career event - Registered as a medical practitioner in New South Wales
1859 - 1866
Career position - Fellow, Philosophical Society of New South Wales
1862
Career position - Inaugural Secretary, Entomological Society of New South Wales
1862
Career position - Inaugural President, New South Wales Board of Fisheries
1862 - 1872
Career position - Honorary Physician, Sydney Hospital
1865 - 1912
Career position - Member of the Board (and sometime Chairman), Australian Museum
1866 - 1912
Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales
1868 - 1912
Award - Fellow, Linnean Society of London (FLS)
1873 - 1876
Career position - Honorary Consulting Physician, Sydney Hospital
1874 - 1904
Career position - Member of Council, Linnean Society of New South Wales
1877 - 1879
Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Sydney Hospital
1880 - 1911
Career position - Honorary Consulting Physician, Sydney Hospital
1881 - 1883
Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
1883 - 1901
Career position - Lecturer in medicine, University of Sydney
1889 - 1901
Career position - Honorary physician, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1901
Career position - Inaugural President, Australian Historical Society

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • James Charles Cox - Records, 1869 - 1909, UNCAT MSS 306; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Cox, J. C., An alphabetical list of Australian land shells (Sydney: Frederick W. White, 1909), 84 pp. Details
  • Cox, James C., Catalogue of the specimens of the Australian land shells in the collection of J. C. Cox (Sydney: John Alex, Engel, 1864), 46 pp. Details
  • Cox, James C., Dr James C. Cox's exchange list of land and marine shells from Australia and the adjacent islands (Sydney: F. Cunninghame, 1868), 81 pp. Details
  • Cox, James C., A monograph of Australian land shells (Sydney: William Maddox, 1868), 100 pp. Details
  • Cox, James C., An alphabetical list of the fishes protected under the Fisheries Act of 1902, with remarks on each species (Sydney: F. W. White, 1905), 11 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • J., B. D. [ie Jackson, Benjamin Daydon], 'Dr James Charles Cox', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 125 (1) (1913), 53-4. Details
  • Richardson, J. E., 'Dr. James Charles Cox - Conchologist (1834-1912): Bibliography of natural history papers with an index to his scientific names', Australian Zoologist, 16 (2) (1971), 71-83. Details
  • Smith, E. A., '[Obituary: Dr James C. Cox]', Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 10 (1913), 316. Details

Resources

Theses

  • Jensen, Sophie Alice, 'On such a full sea: John MacGillivray (1821 - 1867)', PhD thesis, Australian National University, 2010, 339 pp. Details

See also

  • Beechey, D. L., 'Sydney's Molluscs: from Gentlemen to Malacologists' in The Natural History of Sydney, Lunney, Daniel, Hutchings, Pat A. and Hochuli, Dieter, eds (Mosman, N.S.W.: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, 2010), pp. 107-24. Details
  • Watson, J. Frederick, The History of the Sydney Hospital from 1811 to 1911 (Sydney: Government Printer, 1911). Details

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