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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000849b.htm person Verco Joseph Cooke Kt AACR2 1 August 1851 29 July 1933 Place of Birth Fullarton, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Physician Conchologist University Administrator Sir Joseph Verco practised medicine in South Australia from 1878. In 1885 he helped found the Medical School of the University of Adelaide and lectured in medicine 1887-1915. His medical research resulted in publications on hydatids and the prevalence of tuberculosis in South Australia. On retirement he revived his interest in shells. Verco was Honorary Curator of Molluscs at the South Australian Museum from 1914 to 1933, his field work including substantial dredging in the Great Australian Bight. In publishing on molluscs for nearly 40 years he described over 160 new species of marine animals. Verco was generous with his philanthropic donations: to the Adelaide Children's Hospital; to the South Australian Museum, to which he donated his extensive collection of specimens and books in 1926; and to the Medical Sciences Club of South Australia which allowed the inauguration of the Australian journal of experimental biology and medical science. The Sir Joseph Verco Medal has been awarded by the Royal Society of South Australia since 1929 to recognise distinguished scientific investigations carried out by a member of the Society. 1874 1874 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1875 1875 Education - MB, University of London 1875 1875 Education - Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London 1876 1876 Education - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1876 1876 Education - BS, University of London 1876 1876 Education - MD, University of London 1876 1878 Career position - House physician, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London 1878 1880 Award - Fellow, Adelaide Philosophical Society 1880 1933 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of South Australia 1882 1912 Career position - Honorary physician to the Adelaide Hospital 1886 1887 Career position - President, South Australian Branch, British Medical Association 1887 1887 Career position - President, First Intercolonial Medical Congress of Australasia, Adelaide 1887 1919 Career position - Lecturer in Medicine, University of Adelaide 1895 1902 Career position - Member of Council, University of Adelaide 1903 1921 Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia 1914 1919 Career position - President, South Australian Branch, British Medical Association 1914 1933 Career position - Honorary Curator of Mollusca, South Australian Institute 1919 1919 Career event - Retired from medical practice 1919 1919 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) 1919 1921 Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide 1921 1928 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Adelaide Verco, Joseph Stanley (Stan) (1889 - 1971)

Stan was Jseph's nephew

 South Australian Institute (1856 - 1940)

Honorary Curator of Mollusca 1914 - 1933; Verco donated his collection of specimens and books in 1926

 Sir Joseph Verco Medal, Royal Society of South Australia (1928 - )

The Royal Society of South Australia has awarded the Medal since 1929

 Adelaide Philosophical Society (1853 - 1880)

Fellow 1878 - 1880

 Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

President 1903 - 1921; Fellow 1880 - 1933

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Member of Council 1895 - 1902; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine 1919- 1921; Dean, Faculty of Dentistry 1921 - 1928

 Adelaide Hospital (1840 - )

Honorary Physician 1882 - 1912

 British Medical Association, South Australian Branch (1879 - 1962)

President, South Australian Branch 1886 - 1887, 1915 - 1920

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 Verco, Jos C (1851-1933)

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 'Verco, Joseph Cooke', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Verco, Joseph Cooke Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Verco, Sir Joseph Cooke (1851-1933), physician and conchologist Southcott, R. V. Verco, Sir Joseph Cooke (1851-1933), physician and conchologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 318-319 Journal Article: A colonial boy-hood: some recollections of Joseph Cooke Verco, 1858 - 1867 Verco, J. C. A colonial boy-hood: some recollections of Joseph Cooke Verco, 1858 - 1867 1963 South Australiana 2 2 61-100 Journal Article: Sir Edward Stirling, Kt, CMG, FRS, MA, MD, FRCS, CMZS. A Note of Appreciation Verco, J. C. Sir Edward Stirling, Kt, CMG, FRS, MA, MD, FRCS, CMZS. A Note of Appreciation 1919 Medical Journal of Australia 1 298-299 Journal Article: Obituary notice: (Sir E. C. Stirling) Verco, Jos. C. Obituary notice: (Sir E. C. Stirling) 1919 Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia 43 1-4 Book: Combing the Southern Seas Verco, J. Combing the Southern Seas Adelaide Rigby Ltd 1935 Resource: Shellers from the past and the present Rice, Tom Shellers from the past and the present Mactan Island, Philippines Conchology Inc. 2023 Journal Article: Additional type shells from Tasmania in the South Australian Museum Macphail, M. K.; and Zeidler, W. Additional type shells from Tasmania in the South Australian Museum 1978 The Tasmanian naturalist 52 2-6 Thesis: The medical profession and the state in South Australia, 1836-1975 Jennings, Reece The medical profession and the state in South Australia, 1836-1975 University of Adelaide 1998 Journal Article: Sir Joseph Cooke Verco R., W. Sir Joseph Cooke Verco 1933 Australian journal of experimental biology and medical science 11 153-5 Journal Article: Obituary notice Sir Joseph Verco (1851-1933) Roach, B. S. Obituary notice Sir Joseph Verco (1851-1933) 1933 Transactions and report of the Royal Society of South Australia 57 v-viii Book: Masons, millers and medicine: James Crabb Verco and his sons Verco, P. W. Masons, millers and medicine: James Crabb Verco and his sons Adelaide P. W. Verco 1976 Journal Article: Obituary and bibliography of conchological works of Sir Joseph Cooke Verco Cotton, B. C. Obituary and bibliography of conchological works of Sir Joseph Cooke Verco 1933 South Australian Naturalist 14 4 121-4 Book: A History of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Hughes, James Estcourt A History of the Royal Adelaide Hospital 2nd Adelaide Board of Management, Royal Adelaide Hospital 1982 Journal Article: The First Hundred Years of the Museum, 1856-1956 Hale, H. M. The First Hundred Years of the Museum, 1856-1956 1956 Records of the South Australian Museum 12 1-225 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Edited Book: Australasian Radiology: a History Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm Australasian Radiology: a History Sydney McGraw-Hill 1996 Book: The Adelaide Children's Hospital, 1876-1976 Barbalet, Margaret The Adelaide Children's Hospital, 1876-1976 North Adelaide The Hospital 1975 Joseph Cooke Verco - Records South Australian Museum Archives Joseph Cooke Verco - Records 1914 - 1933 Shells, specimens, books, apparatus and money gifted to the South Australian Museum c1914-33, which eventually helped to form one of the world's outstanding conchological collections. Artwork, Objects, Photographs Joseph Cooke Verco - Records The University of Adelaide Archives Joseph Cooke Verco - Records 1885 - 1915 Information in the official records of the University of Adelaide c1885-1915. Joseph Cooke Verco - Records State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana Joseph Cooke Verco - Records PRG 322 1851 - 1924 Autobiographical notebook 1851-1924; original diaries 1870-71, 1874-78, 1884 and 1885 (17 volumes); transcripts and extracts from diaries 1870-78 (2 bundles); copy of a diary kept whileSurgeon Superintendent of the immigrant ship the "Clyde" 1878 (1 loose leaf bundle); transcripts from diaries 1899-1900, with letters (1 loose leaf bundle); pocket diaries 1899, 1900, 1907, 1913-16, 1920, 1922-23 (9 volumes); manuscript of 'Early recollections of Sir Joseph Verco' 1851-80s (1 loose leaf bundle); poetry; portraits c1864, c1877, 1919; research notes on South Australian spiders; notebook of medical cases; papers on religious topics, addresses and extracts from diaries; biographical sketch by A.A. Lendon, with portraits and variousobituary cuttings; ABC radio scripts: J. Ashton on Dr J.C. Verco [PRG 322]. Artwork, Photographs Royal Society of South Australia - Records State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana Royal Society of South Australia - Records SRG 10 1853 - 1969 Records of the Royal Society of South Australia, comprising minutes, correspondence, membership lists, annual reports, papers presented to the Society, rules, financial papers, photographs, membership list for 1939, papers relating to the Verco estate, notes to assist treasurers, cash book, papers relating to the Howchin estate, petty cash, stamps and letterbook (3 in 1), membership/subscription book and other papers. 3.55 m