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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-03-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002156b.htm person Milligan Joseph AACR2 1807 1884 Place of Birth Dumfriesshire, Scotland Place of Death London, England Naturalist Surgeon Jospeh Milligan was surgeon to the Van Diemen's Land Company 1829-1842 and then held various government positions including that of medical officer and superintendent of aborigines. He was a founder of the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land.

"Milligan, Dr Joseph was appointed as surgeon to the Van Diemen's Land Company in 1830 and became interested in the natural history of the island. He formed a close acquaintance with Ronald Gunn and together they collected specimens for William Hooker at Kew Gardens." (Pybus 2024 page 286)

He and his assoiates were know to collect and trade in Tasmanian First People's remains. " He donated a skull to the Royal Society of Tasmania and subsequently sold skulls to various collectors in England, two purchased by George Busk and four by Joseph Barnard Davis, all six later donated to the Royal College of Surgeons." (Pybus 2024 pages 286-287)

 Royal Society of Tasmania (1843 - ) Tasmanian Natural History Society (1838 - 1849) Franklin, John (1786 - 1847)

A scandal around his appointment in 1842 contributed to the recall of Governor Franklin

 Hooker, William Jackson (1785 - 1865)

Correspondent and supplier of specimens

 Gunn, Ronald Campbell (1808 - 1881)

Close associate

 Franklin, Jane (1791 - 1875)

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 Milligan, Joseph (1807-1884)

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 'Milligan, Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Milligan, Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Milligan, Joseph (1807-1884), surgeon Hoddinott, W. G. Milligan, Joseph (1807-1884), surgeon Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 230-231 Book: The Tasmanian Collecting Localities of Ronald Gunn and Joseph Milligan Buchanan, A. M. The Tasmanian Collecting Localities of Ronald Gunn and Joseph Milligan Hobart Tasmanian Herbarium 1988 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 Book: Van Diemen's Land correspondents: letters from R. C. Gunn, R. W. Lawrence, Jorgen Jorgenson, Sir John Franklin and others to Sir William Hooker, 1827 - 1849 Burns, T. E.; and Skemp, J. R. Van Diemen's Land correspondents: letters from R. C. Gunn, R. W. Lawrence, Jorgen Jorgenson, Sir John Franklin and others to Sir William Hooker, 1827 - 1849 Launceston Queen Victoria Museum 1961 Book: A doctor in the garden: nomen medici in botanicis: Australian flora and the world of medicine Pearn, John Hemsley A doctor in the garden: nomen medici in botanicis: Australian flora and the world of medicine Herston, Qld Amphion Press 2001 Journal Article: Ronald Gunn's Tasmanian "agrostid" grass collections (Poaceae) Brown, Austin J. Ronald Gunn's Tasmanian "agrostid" grass collections (Poaceae) 2022 Muelleria 40 57-131 Journal Article: Records of Tasmanian Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Tasmanian Botanists 1909 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1909 9-29 Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes