Person
Hood, Alexander Jarvie (1860 - 1934)
- Born
- 21 October 1860
Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland - Died
- 8 May 1934
Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Alexander Hood was a Scottish-born medical practitioner who served the people of New South Wales for over thirty years. He held many posts during this time including chief medical officer for City Mutual Life Assurance Society (1889-1934), honorary medical officer at Sydney Hospital from 1890 and advisor to the New South Wales Government from 1893. Hood was knighted in 1921 for his honorary war service which included stints with the Army Medical Corps (1890-c.1904), the New South Wales Scottish Rifles (1904-1909) and his time as senior consultant physician at the Military Hospital, Randwick from 1915.
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Chronology
- 1882
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB) completed at the University of Glasgow
- 1882 - 1883
- Career position - Resident at the Glasgow Western Infirmary
- 1884
- Life event - Migrated to Australia (New South Wales)
- 1884 - c. 1888
- Career position - Private practice in Rockymouth, New South Wales
- 16 June 1884
- Career position - Registered to practice medicine in Australia
- 1887 -
- Career position - Member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
- 1887 - 1889
- Career position - Medical Officer (unpaid) at the Lower Clarence Hospital
- 1888 - 1889
- Career position - Government Medical Officer in the Clarence River district
- 1889
- Life event - Moved to Sydney
- 1889 - 1934
- Career position - Chief Medical Officer at City Mutual Life Assurance Society Pty. Ltd.
- 1890
- Career position - Honorary Surgeon at the Sydney Hospital
- 1890 - c. 1920
- Career position - Honorary war service in the Army Medical Corps with the New South Wales Scottish Rifles and unattached
- 1893 -
- Career position - Government Consultant
- 1893 - 1895
- Career position - Assistant Physician at the Sydney Hospital
- 1894 - 1921
- Career position - Joint Honorary Secretary of the New South Wales Medical Union
- 1895 - 1920
- Career position - Physician at the Sydney Hospital
- 1903 - 1928
- Career position - Official Visitor at Gladesville and Callan Park Hospitals for the insane
- 1912 - 1934
- Career position - Medical Advisor for the Commonwealth Bank of Australia
- 1916 - 1934?
- Career position - Director of the City Mutual Life Assurance Society Pty. Ltd.
- 1920 -
- Career position - Consulting Physician at the Sydney Hospital
- 1920 - 1934
- Career position - Council member of the War Memorial Hospital in Waverley
- 1921
- Award - Knighted
Published resources
Book Sections
- Mitchell, Ann M., 'Hood, Sir Alexander Jarvie (1860-1934)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds, vol. 9 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), p. 358. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090357b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21540059. Details
- 'Hood, Alexander Jarvie (1860-1934)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476346. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 21 August 2013
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