Person
Watson, Archibald (1849 - 1940)
- Born
- 27 July 1849
Tarcutta, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 30 July 1940
Thursday Island, Australia - Occupation
- Anatomist and Pathologist
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 Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 12 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 394-396. 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 (1950), 547-551. Details
- Newland, Henry, 'The Archibald Watson Memorial Lecture', Medical Journal of Australia (1947), 281-287. Details
- Sunderland, Sydney, 'The Melbourne Medical School and some of Its "characters" 1931 - 1975', Chiron: journal of the University of Melbourne Medical Society, 2 (2) (1992), 45-52. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4786540. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/33957272. Details
- 'Watson, Archibald (1849-1940)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464081. Details
See also
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 7 August 2006
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