Biographical entry Hobson, Edmund Charles (1814 - 1848)

Summary

Edmund Charles Hobson, who was born in Parramatta and educated in England, helped to establish the Tasmanian Society which later merged into the Royal Society of Tasmania. Due to ill-health he moved his medical practice from Hobart to Melbourne in 1840.

Archival resources

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

• Edmund Charles Hobson - Records, 1825 - 1937; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• McCallum, C. A., 'Hobson, Edmund Charles (1814-1848), physician and naturalist', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 1, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1966, pp. 544-545. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010503b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Memoir of Dr Hobson', Illustrated Australian Magazine, vol. 1, 1850. Details
• Parris, H. S., 'From Melbourne to the Murray in 1839. Extracts From the Diary of a Pioneer Naturalist, Dr Edmund Charles Hobson', Victorian Naturalist, vol. 66, 1950, pp. 203-219. Details
• Whitley, Gilbert P., 'Some Early Naturalists and Collectors in Australia', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, vol. xix, 1933, pp. 291-304. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Hobson, Edmund Charles', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464703. Details