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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Annette Alafaci updated 2025-04-24 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002046b.htm person Sinclair Eric AACR2 14 February 1860 19 May 1925 Place of Birth West Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Place of Death Mount Victoria, New South Wales, Australia Psychiatrist Eric Sinclair became the New South Wales Inspector-General for the Insane in 1898 and helped bring the struggling industry out of its crisis. He successfully lobbied for increased government funding, oversaw the establishment of many new hospitals and facilities, helped legitimize psychiatry as a true medical science and set up the state's first pathological laboratory for testing patients for specific mental illnesses. During World War I Sinclair was charged with the psychiatric treatment of returning soldiers and in 1918 was appointed Principal Medical Officer with the Australian army medical Corps. 1881 1881 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Glasgow, Scotland 1881 1882 Career position - Migrated to Australia (Sydney) and obtained an appointment as Medical Officer at the Quarantine Station in North Head 1882 1882 Career position - Medical Officer at the Hospital for the Insane in Gladesville 1883 c. 1898 Career position - Medical Superintendent at the Hospital for the Insane in Gladesville c. 1885 c. 1886 Career position - Returned to Glasgow for further studies 1886 1886 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Glasgow 1898 Career position - Inspector-General of the Insane in New South Wales 1915 1915 Career position - Authorised the admission of voluntary patients to State mental hospitals 1915 1918 Career position - Appointed supervisor of psychiatric treatment of returned soldiers at No.13 Australian Military Hospital for the Australian Army Medical Corps 1918 Career position - Principal Medical Officer of the 2nd Military District with the Australian Army Medical Corps 1919 1919 Career position - Established a pathological laboratory to test mental patients for medical pathologies 1922 1922 Career position - Opened Broughton Hall military hospital for voluntary patients

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 'Sinclair, Eric', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Sinclair, Eric Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Presidential address Watt, R. H. Presidential address 1926 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 60 1-37