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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000771b.htm person Skirving Robert Scot AACR2 18 December 1859 15 July 1956 Place of Birth Haddington, Scotland Place of Death Bellevue Hill, New South Wales, Australia Medical scientist Surgeon Robert Skirving was a lecturer at the University of Sydney in Clinical Medicine 1889-1911 and Chief Medical Adviser to the AMP Society (Australian Mutual Provident Society), Sydney 1911-1936. 1876 1881 Education - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChM), University of Edinburgh, Scotland 1881 c. 1883 Career position - House Physician, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, Scotland 1883 1883 Career position - Medical Practitioner based in Queensland Australia 1883 1884 Career position - Medical Superintendent, Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1884 1889 Career position - Honorary Physician, The Sydney Hospital for Sick Children, Australia 1884 1889 Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician, Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1889 1911 Career position - Honorary Physician, Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1889 1923 Career position - Honorary Surgeon, St Vincent's Hospital, Australia 1891 1892 Career Position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Medical Association 1911 1956 Career position - Honorary Consulting Physician, Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1928 1928 Career event - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1938 1956 Career event - Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (1882 - )

Robert Skirving held multiple roles at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital between 1883 beginning as Medical Superintendent and the end of his career as a Honorary Consulting Physician in 1956.

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Lecturer in Clinical Medicine 1889 - 1911.

 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) (1927 - )

Fellow 1928

 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1938

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 'Skirving, Robert Scot', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Skirving, Robert Scot Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Skirving, Robert Scot - Ms 27 Skirving, Robert Scot - Ms 27 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Journal Article: Recollections of the emigration service to Australia in sailing ships in long past years Skirving, R. Scot Recollections of the emigration service to Australia in sailing ships in long past years 1942 Medical journal of Australia 1 26 June 27 689-97 Robert Scot Skirving - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Robert Scot Skirving - Records ML MSS 367 c. 1875 - c. 1955 Various records c1875-1955. 4 boxes Robert Scot Skirving - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Robert Scot Skirving - Records MS 027 1936 Unpublished memoirs (4 volumes in typescript) 1936 [16 cm, MS 27]. 0.16 m, 2 boxes Robert Scot Skirving - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Robert Scot Skirving - Records Uncatalogued MSS SET210 c. 1859 - c. 1956 Memoirs c1859-1956. 4 volumes in 1 box Angus & Robertson - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Angus & Robertson - Records ML MSS 314 1824 - 1933 Includes correspondence, manuscripts, readers reports, cuttings, agreements and publishing papers. 12 m, 39 boxes, 123 volumes