Biographical entry Watson, Archibald (1849 - 1940)

Summary

Archibald Watson was Professor of Anatomy, University of Adelaide 1885-1919, Surgeon to Adelaide Hospital, a consultant surgeon during the Boer War and Chief Pathologist to the A.I.F. 1914.

Archival resources

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

• Archibald Watson - Records, 1873 - 1940, ML MSS 2979; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

• Hedley Ralph Marston - Records, 1879 - 1963, MS 1682; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

• Archibald Watson - Records, 1882 - 1966; Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Elmslie, Robert; Nance, Susan, 'Watson, Archibald (1849-1940) , Professor of Anatomy', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 394-396. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120444b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Cleland, J.B., 'The Naturalist in Medicine with Particular Reference to Australia. The Archibald Watson Memorial Lecture', Medical Journal of Australia, no. 1, 1950, pp. 547-551. Details
• Newland, Henry, 'The Archibald Watson Memorial Lecture', Medical Journal of Australia, no. 2, 1947, pp. 281-287. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Watson, Archibald', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464081. Details