Biographical entry Smith, Grafton Elliot (1871 - 1937)
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- Born
- 15 August 1871
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 1 January 1937
Broadstairs, Kent, England - Occupation
- Anatomist and Anthropologist
Summary
(Sir) Grafton Elliot Smith entered the University of Sydney in 1888 and graduated MB and ChM in 1893. He was a RMO at the Prince Alfred Hospital 1893 and a Demonstrator in Anatomy 1894-5. He left Australia in 1896 and later held professorial appointments in Egypt and England.
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Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Grafton Elliot Smith - Records, 1896 - 1936, MS 067; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
University of Sydney, Archives
- Grafton Elliot Smith - Records, 1896 - 1936, P 162; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
Book Sections
- Blunt, Michael J., 'Smith, Sir Grafton Elliot (1871-1937), Professor of Anatomy, Egyptologist and Anthropologist', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 645-646. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110665b.htm. Details
- Richards, Graham, 'Sir Grafton Elliot Smith, 1871-1937', in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2004. Details
Journal Articles
- Abbie, A. A., 'Sir Grafton Elliot Smith', Bulletin of the Post-Graduate Committee in Medicine, University of Sydney, 1949, pp. 101-151. Details
Online Resources
- 'Smith, Grafton Elliot', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1471334. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 August 2006
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