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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000150b.htm person Roberts Alfred Kt AACR2 1823 19 December 1898 Place of Birth Finsbury, Middlesex, England Place of Death Wentworth Falls, New South Wales, Australia Surgeon Medical practitioner Alfred Roberts practiced medicine with his father in the United Kingdom before migrating to New South Wales in 1854. Soon after he became surgeon at the Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary, retaining his association for over 40 years. Roberts became concerned at the standard of nursing practice in Sydney and, with Henry Parkes, sought assistance from Florence Nightingale. As a result, she sent Lucy Osborn and five trained sisters to Sydney in 1868. Roberts was a prime mover in the establishment of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA), having visited the United Kingdom in 1871 to investigate hospitals as a preliminary to the planning for the RPA, and being Director of the Prince Alfred Fund. The Hospital opened in 1882, with Roberts as Director and Honorary Consulting Surgeon until 1898. He advocated for the strong connection between the Hospital and the University of Sydney, where he was Examiner n Medicine for over 30 years. His other medical contributions included as a Member of the Board of the Sydney Hospital for Sick Children and Medical Advisor to the Railway Department. Roberts was prominent in the scientific affairs of the colony, holding executive office in the Philosophical and Royal Societies of New South Wales, and the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. 1844 1844 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS) 1844 1844 Education - Licentiate, Society of Apothecaries 1854 1854 Life event - Migrated to New South Wales February 1855 1870 Career position - Honorary Consulting Surgeon, Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary 1856 1866 Career position - Member, Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1858 Career position - Trustee, Australian Museum 1858 1861 Career position - Member of Council, Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1859 Career position - Foundation Member of Council, Australian Medical Association 1862 1862 Career position - Secretary, Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1863 1898 Career position - Examiner in Medicine, University of Sydney 1866 1898 Career position - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales 1868 1882? Career position - Director and Honorary Secretary, Prince Alfred Fund 1871 1871 Life event - Visited England 1873 1897 Career position - Consulting Surgeon, Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary 1876 Career position - President, Official Board of Visitors to Hospitals for the Insane 1881 Career position - Member, Board of Health 1882 1898 Career position - Director and Honorary Consulting Surgeon, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1883 1883 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1888 Career position - Foundation Vice-President, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1889 Career position - President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1889 1890 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1889 1897 Career position - Member of the Board, Sydney Hospital for Sick Children Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

President 1888 - 1890

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Founding Vice-President 1888; Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - )

Director and Honorary Consulting Surgeon 1882 - 1898

 Osburn, Lucy (1836 - 1891)

Came to New South Wales after Roberts campaigned for improved nursing standards

 Australian Medical Association [I] (1859 - 1869)

Foundation Member of Council 1859

 Entomological Society of New South Wales [I] (1862 - 1873)

Founding Member 1862

 Australian Museum (1827 - )

Trustee 1858 - ?

 Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856 - 1866)

Member of Council 1858 - 1862

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Examiner in Medicine 1863 - 1898

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 Roberts, Alfred (1823-18981219)

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 'Roberts, Alfred', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Roberts, Alfred Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Child, Donald Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The University of Sydney 2008 Sydney Medical School Online Museum and Archive Book Section: Roberts, Sir Alfred (1823-1898), surgeon Rutledge, Matha Roberts, Sir Alfred (1823-1898), surgeon Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 34-35 Resource: Dramatis personae - Examiners: the Examiners other than those who were Fellows of Senate The University of Sydney School of Medicine online museum Dramatis personae - Examiners: the Examiners other than those who were Fellows of Senate Sydney Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive, University of Sydney 2024 Resource: Dramatis personae - Examiners: the Examiners other than those who were Fellows of Senate The University of Sydney School of Medicine online museum Dramatis personae - Examiners: the Examiners other than those who were Fellows of Senate Sydney Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive, University of Sydney 2024 H. Parkes - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales H. Parkes - Records A925 H. Parkes letters. Includes correspondence with Andrew Ross, John Stewart, Alfred Roberts, John Smith, Charles Alfred Topp, Ferdinand Mueller, William Woolls and Edmond Marin la Meslee.