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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000185b.htm person Wilkie David Elliot AACR2 14 August 1815 2 April 1885 Place of Birth Rothobyres, Haddington, Scotland Place of Death Paris, France Physician Politician Member of Parliament David Wilkie studied medicine in France and Scotland and later moved to Australia. There he specialized in diseases of women and children, and was an honorary physician to the Melbourne Hospital for many years. Wilkie was heavily involved in preventative medicine and was editor of the Australian medical journal, 1858. David Wilkie was also interested in public affairs and after several attempts was finally elected to the Legislative Council for North Western Province in 1858. He took a leading role in Victoria's scientific societies including the medical associations and the Royal Society of Victoria and its predecessors. 1836 1836 Education - MB, University of Edinburgh 1838 1838 Career event - Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1838 1838 Life event - Migrated to South Australia 1839 1839 Life event - Settled in Melbourne 1846 1846 Career position - Inaugural Secretary, Port Philip Medical Association 1852 1852 Career position - President, Victoria Medical Association 1854 1855 Career position - Treasurer, Philosophical Society of Victoria 1855 1857 Career position - Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1856 1878 Career position - Treasurer, Melbourne Mechanics' Institute 1857 1859 Career position - Vice-President, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1857 1859 Award - Life Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1857 1861 Career position - Member, Exploration Committee, Victorian Exploring Expedition 1858 1858 Career position - Editor, Australian medical journal 1858 1858 Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria 1858 1868 Career position - Member for the North Western Province, Legislative Council, Parliament of Victoria 1859 1885 Award - Life Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1874 1878 Career position - Member, Medical Board of Victoria 1881 1881 Life event - Retired Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

Member of the Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria) 1857 - 1861

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Life Member 1859 - 1885

 Philosophical Society of Victoria (1854 - 1855)

Treasurer 1854 - 1855

 Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859)

Treasurer 1855 - 1857; Vice-President 1857 - 1859; Life Member 1857 - 1859

 Medical Society of Victoria (1855 - 1907)

President, Victorian Medical Association 1852 - 1852; President, Medical Society of Victoria 1858; Editor, Australian medical journal 1858

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 Wilkie, David Elliot (1815-1885)

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 'Wilkie, David Elliot', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wilkie, David Elliot Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Wilkie, David Elliot (1915 - 1885), physician Anon Wilkie, David Elliot (1915 - 1885), physician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1976 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 6: 1851 - 1890 R - Z Bede Nairn 399-400 Book: The Honorable David Elliot Wilkie, M.D.: a pioneer of Melbourne Graham, Howard Boyd The Honorable David Elliot Wilkie, M.D.: a pioneer of Melbourne Sydney Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1956 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001