Biographical entry Greig, Janet Lindsay (1874 - 1950)
- Born
- 8 August 1874
Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire, Scotland - Died
- 18 October 1950
London, England - Occupation
- Physician and Anaesthetist
- Alternative Names
- Creig, Jenny
Summary
Janet Greig was one of the founders of the Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne and one of the first woman anaesthetists in Victoria. She was an anaesthetist with various Melbourne hospitals including the Melbourne, Women's and Queen Victoria Hospitals.
Details
Events
- 1889
- Life event - Migrated to Victoria with family
- 1895
- Education - MB, University of Melbourne
- 1896
- Education - ChB, University of Melbourne
- 1897 - 1899?
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Women’s Hospital, Melbourne
- 1897 - 1915
- Career position - In private practice in Fitzroy, Career position - in private practice in Fitzroy, Victoria
- 1899 - 1939
- Career position - Honorary Physician, Presbyterian and Scots Church Children’s Aid Society
- 1899 - 1948
- Career position - Co-founder and Honorary Physician, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
- 1900 - 1917
- Career position - Honorary Anaesthetist, Women’s Hospital, Melbourne
- 1902 - 1905
- Career position - Honorary Anaesthetist, Melbourne Hospital
- 1915 - 1918
- Career position - Honorary Physician to Outpatients, Children’s Hospital, Carlton
- 1915 - 1948
- Career position - Consultant physician in Collins St
- 1940
- Career position - Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1948
- Life event - Retired
Related entries
Sibling
Archival resources
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Janet Lindsay Greig - Records; Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Sydney, 1988, 332 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Campbell, Ruth, 'Janet Lindsay Greig (1874-1950), Medical Practitioner', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 101-103. Details
- Campbell, Ruth; Barton Hack, J., 'Greig, Jane Stocks (Jean) (1872-1939)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 9, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1983, pp. 101-102. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090105b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Wilson, Gwen, 'Janet Lindsay Greig: a Pioneer', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, vol. 13, no. 4, 1985, pp. 420-428. Details
Online Resources
- 'Greig, Janet Lindsay (1874-1950)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-754063. Details
McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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