Biographical entry Skirving, Robert Scot (1859 - 1956)

Summary

Robert Scot Skirving was a lecturer at the University of Sydney in Clinical Medicine 1889-1911 and Chief Medical Adviser to the AMP Society, Sydney 1911-36.

Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

• Robert Scot Skirving - Records, 1936, MS 27; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

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

• Angus & Robertson - Records, 1824 - 1933, ML MSS 314; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Robert Scot Skirving - Records, c. 1859 - c. 1956, Uncatalogued MSS SET210; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
• Robert Scot Skirving - Records, c. 1875 - c. 1955, ML MSS 367; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Young, J., 'Skirving, Robert Scot (1859-1956), Physician and Surgeon', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 626-627. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110643b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Skirving, Robert Scot - Ms 27', in Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings, Australian Academy of Science, 1994, http://www.science.org.au/basser/manuscript-collection/ms027.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Scot Skirving, R', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-624418. Details