Biographical entry Cumpston, John Howard Lidgett (1880 - 1954)

Summary

John Howard L. Cumpston was the first Director-General of the Commonwealth Department of Health when it was created in 1921, a position he retained until 1945. He had joined the Health Department in 1908 after working with C.J. Martin at the Lister Institute.

Archival resources

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

• John Howard Lidgett Cumpston - Records, 1850 - 1945, B1536; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• John Howard Lidgett Cumpston - Records, 1906 - 1953, ML MSS 3000; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• John Howard Lidgett Cumpston - Records, 1914 - 1929, MS 434; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details
• John Howard Lidgett Cumpston - Records, 1852 - 1981, MS 613; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Spencer, Margaret, John Howard Lidgett Cumpston, 1880-1954: a Biography, the author, Tenterfield, 1987, 311 pp. Details

Book Sections

• Roe, Michael, 'Cumpston, John Howard Lidgett (1880-1954), First Director-General of the Australian Department of Health', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 8, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1981, pp. 174-176. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080194b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Hyslop, Anthea, 'A Question of Identity: J.H.L. Cumpston and Spanish Influenza, 1918-1919', Australian Cultural Hstory, vol. 16, 1997-1998, pp. 77-95. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Cumpston, J H L', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-805274. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000336. Details
• Ashton, D. H.; Ducker, S. C., 'John Stewart Turner 1908-1991', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 9, no. 3, 1993, pp. 278-290. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9930930278.htm. Details