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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2024-10-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001045b.htm person Gibson John Lockhart AACR2 17 July 1860 30 September 1944 Place of Birth Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Ophthalmologist John Gibson completed his medical degree in Edinburgh then studied in Vienna, Berlin and London. He returned to Australia in 1886c and started up in general practice. Then in 1895 he was appointed ophthalmologist at Brisbane's Hospital for Sick Children. In 1892 Gibson and his colleagues attributed childhood anemia to hookworm and in 1904 he discovered that house paint was causing lead-poisoning in children. He led the campaign which saw lead paint banned from houses under the 1922 Health Act. Gibson joined the Australian Imperial Force in 1915 and was sent to Limnos to take charge of the ophthalmology section of the 3rd Australian General Hospital. Because his work was so successful, casualties from other regions, including Gallipoli, were sent there. John Gibson was involved in many professional organizations including the Queensland Medical Society, the British Medical Association (both the Queensland and federal branches), the College of Surgeons of Australasia and the Ophthalmological Society of Australia. 1881 1881 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Edinburgh, Scotland 1885 1885 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Edinburgh 1886 Career position - General practice in Brisbane 1886 1894 Career position - Visiting Physician at the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane 1892 1892 Career position - Vice-President of the 3rd Intercolonial Medical Congress in Sydney 1892 1892 Career position - President, Queensland Medical Society 1895 Career position - Opthamologist at the Hospital for Sick Children, Brisbane 1908 1908 Career position - President, British Medical Association, Queensland branch 1915 1916 Military service - Major and Opthalmologist-in-charge with the 3rd Australian General Hospital in Lemnos, Greece 1920 1935 Career position - Senator, University of Queensland 1927 1927 Career event - Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia 1940 1944 Career position - President, Opthalmological Society of Australia Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) (1927 - )

Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia 1927

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 'Gibson, John Lockhart', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gibson, John Lockhart Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Gibson, John Lockhart (1860-1944), ophthalmologist Wood, Ronald Gibson, John Lockhart (1860-1944), ophthalmologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1981 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 652-653 Journal Article: John Lockhart Gibson During the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915 Wood, R. John Lockhart Gibson During the Gallipoli Campaign, 1915 1992 Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery 62 6 492-494 Book: The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Kenny, Patrick (Sir) The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Melbourne, Victoria The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1984 Journal Article: The founders of the College: Queensland Leggett, C. A. C. The founders of the College: Queensland 1981 Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery 51 5 508-12