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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001997b.htm person Crowther William Edward Lodewyk H. Kt AACR2 9 May 1887 31 May 1981 Place of Birth Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Place of Death Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Surgeon Historian William Crowther was the son of E.L. Crowther and honorary adviser on Australian bibliography to the Tasmanian State Library from 1955. He collected much information on the history of medicine and natural history in Tasmania. In 1963 he donated his family's collection of Aboriginal skeletal remains to the Tasmanian Museum and progressively from 1964 his collection of over 15,000 books, manuscripts and historic material was given to the State Library of Tasmania. 1910 1910 Education - MBBS, University of Melbourne 1913 1915 Career position - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps 1915 1919 Career position - Served with the Australian Imperial Forces 1917 1973 Career position - Trustee, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 1918 1918 Award - Distinguished Service Order (DSO) 1919 1958 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of Tasmania 1924 1928 Career position - Chairman, Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club 1933 1945 Career position - Medical Advisor to the Governor of Tasmania 1934 1935 Career position - President, Tasmanian Branch, British Medical Association 1934 1966 Career position - Member, Millbrook Rise Hospital Board, Tasmania 1940 1940 Award - Royal Society of Tasmania Medal 1942 1943 Career position - President, Tasmanian Branch, British Medical Association 1943 1946 Career position - Member, Hobart Public Hospitals District Board 1946 1981 Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1952 1954 Career position - President, Medical Council of Tasmania 1955 1955 Award - Commander of the British Empire (CBE) 1956 1969 Career position - Inaugural Chairman, Van Diemen's Land Folk Museum 1962 1981 Award - Life Member, Royal Society of Tasmania 1964 1964 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) Crowther, Edward Lodewyk (1843 - 1931) Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Fellow 1946 - 1981

 Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (1863 - )

Trustee 1917 - 1973

 Tasmanian Field Naturalists Club Inc (1904 - )

Chairman 1924 - 1928

 Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - )

Member of Council 1919 - 1958; Life Member 1962 - 1981

 Royal Society of Tasmania Medal (1927 - )

Awarded the Medal 1940

 Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817 - 1885)

William Lodewyk Crowther was the grandfather of William Edward Lodewyk H. Crowther

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 Crowther, William E L H (1887-1981)

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 'Crowther, William Edward Lodewyk H.', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Crowther, William Edward Lodewyk H. Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: A Check List of the Writings of Dr. W. E. L. H. Crowther Dealing with the History of Medicine in Tasmania, Natural History, Tasmanian Aborigines etc., 1920 to 1960 A Check List of the Writings of Dr. W. E. L. H. Crowther Dealing with the History of Medicine in Tasmania, Natural History, Tasmanian Aborigines etc., 1920 to 1960 1961 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 95 67-68 Journal Article: Introduction to Professor Abbie's Survey of the Aboriginal Collection in the Tasmanian Museum Crowther, W.E.L.H. Introduction to Professor Abbie's Survey of the Aboriginal Collection in the Tasmanian Museum 1964 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 98 63-71 Book Section: Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817-1885), surgeon, naturalist and parliamentarian Crowther, W.E.L.H. Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817-1885), surgeon, naturalist and parliamentarian Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 501-503 Journal Article: Dr. E. S. P. Bedford and the Hospital and Medical School of Van Diemen's Land Crowther, W.E.L. Dr. E. S. P. Bedford and the Hospital and Medical School of Van Diemen's Land 1944 The Medical Journal of Australia II 25-32 Journal Article: Aspects of the Life of a Colonial Surgeon: the Honourable W.L. Crowther, FRCS, CMZS., Sometime Premier of Tasmania Crowther, W.E.L. Aspects of the Life of a Colonial Surgeon: the Honourable W.L. Crowther, FRCS, CMZS., Sometime Premier of Tasmania 1942 Medical Journal of Australia 2 770-773 Journal Article: Some Aspects of Medical Practice in Van Diemen's Land, 1825-1839 Crowther, W.E.L.H. Some Aspects of Medical Practice in Van Diemen's Land, 1825-1839 1935 Medical Journal of Australia 27 April Journal Article: Introduction of Surgical Anaesthesia in Van Diemen's Land Crowther, W. Introduction of Surgical Anaesthesia in Van Diemen's Land 1947 Medical Journal of Australia 8 Nov 1947 561-70 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024 Journal Article: "The choosing of a proper hobby": Sir William Crowther and his library Marshall, Tony "The choosing of a proper hobby": Sir William Crowther and his library 2007 Australian Library Journal 56 3/4 405-17 Journal Article: "A funny old hobby": Sir William Crowther's collection of Aboriginal remains Evans, Caroline "A funny old hobby": Sir William Crowther's collection of Aboriginal remains 2011 Kanunnah 4 2 1-25 Book Section: Human remains Jones, Ross L. Human remains Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 2024 Dhoombak goobgoowana: a history of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne - Volume 1: The Truth Ross L. Jones, James Waghorne and Marcia Langton 95-106 Journal Article: Aspects of the historiography of Australian archaeology Howes, Hilary Aspects of the historiography of Australian archaeology 2021 Historical Records of Australian Science 32 2 125-40 William Edward Lodewyk H. Crowther - Records W L Crowther Library, State Library of Tasmania William Edward Lodewyk H. Crowther - Records 1910 - 1961 Addresses and contributions 1927-61; lectures regarding the opening of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery; speeches; medical diaries and appointment books; notes on book collecting; newspaper clippings and published papers on various subjects including medicine, natural history, Tasmanian history and Aborigines; overall dates 1910-61. William Edward Lodewyk H. Crowther - Records Archives Office of Tasmania William Edward Lodewyk H. Crowther - Records CSO 7/23/127 1887 - 1982 Correspondence file under Crowther; information in CSO 7/23/127.