Person
Smith, John McGarvie (1844 - 1918)
- Born
- 8 February 1844
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 6 September 1918
Woolahra, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Bacteriologist and Metallurgist
Summary
John McGarvie Smith developed an anthrax vaccine that gave protection with a single inoculation and donated the secret of this discovery to the New South Wales Government in 1918. The McGarvie Smith Institute was then set up to manufacture the vaccine.
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- John McGarvie Smith - Records, 1918 - 1965, ML MSS 2411; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details
Book Sections
- Peterson, Kamoya, 'Smith, John McGarvie (1844-1918), Jeweller, Metallurgist and Bacteriologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 652-653. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110672b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Martin, C.J.; and Smith, John McGarvie, 'The Venom of the Australian Black Snake', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 26 (1892), 240-264. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16059543. Details
- 'Smith, John McGarvie (1844-1918)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463281. Details
See also
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 4 February 2010
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