Person
Purser, Cecil (1862 - 1953)
FRACI
- Born
- 16 December 1862
Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 13 January 1953
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Cecil Purser was a physician at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney for over forty years (1912-1953). He also worked in private practice in Sydney from 1893. With a major interest in the prevention and treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, Purser joined the Tuberculosis Advisory Board from 1912 and the Board of Health from 1914. He was also heavily involved with the University of Sydney holding own many senior positions from 1909 to 1925. Some of Purser's many other contributions to medicine in New South Wales included stints as Director (chairman from 1915) of Carrington Centennial Hospital for Convalescents in Camden; foundation member of the Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives; honorary consultant to the Home for Consumptives in Waterfall; medical examiner at R.T. Hall Sanatorium in Hazelbrook; council-member of the War Memorial Hospital in Waverley; and life governor of the Women's Hospital in Crown Street. Cecil Purser was also a foundation Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1938; a chairman of various drug companies and an honorary major of the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve from 1916.
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Chronology
- 1885
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1890
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney
- 1890
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1891 - 1892
- Career position - Medical Superintendent at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1893 - c. 1912
- Career position - Private practice in Petersham, New South Wales
- 1896 - 1912
- Career position - Honorary staff member at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1909 -
- Career position - Member of the University of Sydney senate
- 1909 - 1933
- Career position - Director of the Hospital Board at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1912 -
- Career position - Member of the Tuberculosis Advisory Board
- 1912 -
- Career position - Private practice in Macquarie Street, Sydney
- 1912 - 1953
- Career position - Consultant Physician at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1914 -
- Career position - Member of the Board of Health
- 1916 -
- Career position - Honorary Major with the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve
- 1917 - 1918
- Career position - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney
- 1920 - 1933
- Career position - Vice-Chairman (1920-23) then Chairman of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1923
- Career position - Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sydney
- 1924 - 1925
- Career position - Deputy-Chancellor of the University of Sydney
- 1930 -
- Career position - Chairman of Australian Drug Co. Ltd; Australian Drug (Investments) Ltd and Elliotts and Australian Drug Ltd
- 1938 -
- Award - Foundation Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACI)
Published resources
Book Sections
- Finn, Rosslyn, 'Purser, Cecil (1862-1953), Physician' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 309-310. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110320b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5056286. Details
- 'Purser, Cecil (1862-1953)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1466579. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 2 March 2018