Person
Singleton, John (1808 - 1891)
- Born
- 2 January 1808
Dublin, Ireland - Died
- 30 September 1891
East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and Philanthropist
Summary
John Singleton was a medical practitioner noted for his philanthropic activities, particularly among the poor of Melbourne and in prison visiting. After arriving in Victoria in 1851, he established a practice in Melbourne and with the assistance of his wife, Isabella, founded the Melbourne City Mission. During the 1860s he was in Warrnambool and involved in the Framlingham Aboriginal Mission. Returning to Melbourne Singleton started the Collingwood Free Medical Centre in 1869 (now the Singleton Medical Welfare Centre), and two years later was co-founder of the Children's Hospital.
Details
Chronology
- 1836
- Education - Graduated in medicine, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
- 1851
- Life event - Migrated to Victoria
- 1854
- Career event - Founded Melbourne City Mission with his wife Isabella
- 1869
- Career event - Founded Collingwood Free Medical Missionary Dispensary
- 1870
- Career event - Co-founder, Children's Hospital
Related entries
Archival resources
Royal Children's Hospital
- John Singleton - Records, 1870 - 1878; Royal Children's Hospital. Details
Singleton Medical Welfare Centre
- John Singleton - Records; Singleton Medical Welfare Centre. Details
State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection
Published resources
Books
- Otzen, Roslyn, Dr John Singleton 1808 - 1891 (Melbourne: Melbourne City Mission, 2008), 55 pp. Details
- Singleton, John, A narrative of incidents in the eventful life of a physician (Melbourne: M. L. Hutchinson, 1891), 414 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Morrissey, Sylvia, 'Singleton, John (1808-1891)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn, ed., vol. 6 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 129-130. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060146b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Morrissey, Sylvia, 'No mention of the great famine: interpreting a gap in Dr John Singleton's autobiographical narrative', Victorian historical journal, 93 (2) (2022), 375-400. Details
- Otzen, Ann Mitchell, 'Dr John Singleton', Medical journal of Australia (1969), 588-92. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535770. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/84813417. Details
- 'Singleton, John (1808-1891)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-507057. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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