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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy updated 2025-12-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000117b.htm person MacGillivray Paul Howard FLS AACR2 McGillivray, Paul Howard 1834 9 July 1895 Place of Birth Edinburgh, Scotland Place of Death Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Naturalist Physician Paul MacGillivray was a renowned surgeon and one of Australia's top naturalists. While still in Scotland he began studying science, but when his father died in 1852 MacGillivray switched to medicine. In 1855 he was appointed a member of the Royal College of Surgeons and towards the end of that year migrated to Australia. MacGillivray set up a practice in Williamstown (Victoria) and became resident surgeon at Bendigo Hospital. There he developed his surgical skills and wrote many papers on his techniques. The members of the Medical Society of Victoria elected him as their President in 1874. While in Australia, MacGillivray's interest in natural history grew, especially after he joined the Field Naturalists' Club of Victoria. MacGillivray wrote and illustrated numerous articles (several on Polyzoa) for Transactions and other significant journals as well as for the book Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria (McCoy, 1878-1890, Melbourne). 1851 1851 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Aberdeen 1852 1852 Life event - Migrated to Australia and set up a practice in Williamstown, Victoria 1852 1852 Publication - "A Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Ferns growing in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen" 1855 1855 Career position - Member, Royal College of Surgeons (MRCS) 1857 Career position - Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1859 Career position - Regularly contributed articles and illustrations to Transactions - the journal of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later the Royal Society of Victoria) 1862 1873 Career position - Resident Surgeon at Bendigo Hospital 1874 1874 Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria 1880 Award - Fellow, The Linnean Society of London (FLS) 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science The Field Naturalists Club of Victoria Inc (1880 - ) Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Medical Society of Victoria (1855 - 1907)

President 1874

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 'MacGillivray, Paul Howard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology MacGillivray, Paul Howard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: MacGillivray, Paul Howard (1834-1895), scientist and medical practitioner Brown, D. A. MacGillivray, Paul Howard (1834-1895), scientist and medical practitioner Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1974 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 5: 1851 - 1890 K-Q Douglas Pike 155-156 Resource: Caught & Coloured: Zoological Illustrations from Colonial Victoria Museum Victoria Caught & Coloured: Zoological Illustrations from Colonial Victoria 2006 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes