Biographical entry Eades, Richard (1809 - 1867)

Summary

Richard Eades ran a private medical practice in Adelaide from 1849 to 1852 and in Melbourne from 1852 to 1867. He was also physician to the Melbourne Hospital (1859-66), lectured on materia medica in the Government Analytical Laboratory and began an extra-mural course for medical students, which hastened the establishment of the University of Melbourne Medical School. After completing his studies in his home country of England, Eade went to Paris to study botany and chemistry and the migrated to Australia in 1848.

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Events

1832

Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at Trinity College Dublin

1834 -

Career position - Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, London

1836

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at Trinity College Dublin

1848

Life event - Migrated to South Australia

1849 - 1852

Career position - Private practice in South Australia

c. 1853 -

Career position - Private practice in Melbourne

1855

Career position - Founder of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria

1856 - 1867

Career position - Official visitor to the Lunatic Asylum

1859 - 1866

Career position - Physician to the Melbourne Hospital

1860 - 1861

Career position - Member of the Council of the Royal Society of Victoria

1862 - 1867

Career position - First Lecturer in Materia Medica and Therapeutics at the University of Melbourne

1865 -

Career position - Health Officer for Melbourne

1884 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (FRCS)

Published resources

Book Sections

• Russell, K. F., 'Eades, Richard (1809-1867)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 124-125. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040123b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Eades, Richard', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463756. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P002334. Details