Biographical entry Stirling, Edward Charles (1848 - 1919)

Summary

(Sir) Edward Charles Stirling taught physiology at the University of Adelaide from 1882 and was the Director of the South Australian Museum 1884-1912. He made several collecting expeditions into central and Northern Australia and earlier he had worked as a consulting surgeon.

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Archival resources

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

• Baldwin Spencer - Records, 1880 - 1929, ML MSS 29; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Private hands (Robertson, D.S.)

• Edward Charles Stirling - Records, 1848 - 1919; Private hands (Robertson, D.S.). Details

South Australian Museum Archives

• Edward Charles Stirling - Records, 1870 - 1906, A.D. 43; South Australian Museum Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gandevia, Bryan, 'The Sir Edward Stirling Memorial Lecture: Reflections of Stirling's Presidential Addresses, and on Medical Historiography in South Australia', in Harold Attwood; Frank Forster and Bryan Gandevia (eds), Occasional Papers on Medical History Australia, Medical History Society, A.M.A. [Victoria Branch] and Medical History Unit, University of Melbourne, Parkville, 1984, pp. 59-84. Details
• Mincham, Hans, 'Stirling, Sir Edward Charles (1848-1919), surgeon, scientist and politician', in Bede Nairn (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 6, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1976, pp. 200-201. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060217b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Verco, J. C., 'Sir Edward Stirling, Kt, CMG, FRS, MA, MD, FRCS, CMZS. A Note of Appreciation', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 1, 1919, pp. 298-299. Details

Online Resources

• 'Stirling, E C', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-498056. Details