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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002181b.htm person Bancroft Joseph AACR2 21 February 1836 16 June 1894 Place of Birth Stretford, Manchester, England Place of Death Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Surgeon Naturalist Parasitologist Joseph Bancroft was a medical practitioner in Brisbane who combined private practice with an appointment as house surgeon at the Brisbane General Hospital. He investigated diseases afflicting both humans and agricultural livestock. Leprosy and typhoid both absorbed his attention. He was the first to discover that filariasis was caused by a worn (named Filaria bancrofti in his honour) and suggested mosquitoes as a vector in transmission. Bancroft's interest in pharmacology led him to investigate the narcotic properties of Australian indigenous plants, including a mixture of leaves known as pituri and used by Aborigines as a stimulant. His work on Duboisia myoporoides and related species revealed them to be a source of hyoscine and atropine, and laid the foundation for their commercial production. Other research interests included rust-proof wheat, diseases of sugar cane and bananas, and the drying and canning of beef for export. In 1888 Bancroft was appointed to the royal commission examining the rabbit problem: he was involved in experiments (ultimately unsuccessful) to test whether the introduction of fowl cholera, proposed by Louis Pasteur, would work. Bancroft was actively involved in local scientific organisations and served as president for several of them. His roles in medical associations included as a member of the Central Board of Health and President of the Medical Board. The Brisbane suburb of Kelvin Grove was named after his house. 1859 1859 Education - MRCS, LSA, Manchester Royal School of Medicine and Surgery, United Kingdom 1859 1859 Education - MD, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom 1859 1864 Career position - In private practice, Nottingham, United Kingdom 1864 1864 Life event - Migrated to Australia for health reasons 1864 1894 Career position - Medical practitioner, Brisbane 1866 1883 Career position - Member, Philosophical Society of Queensland 1867 1868 Career position - Visiting surgeon, Brisbane General Hospital 1868 Career position - House Surgeon, Brisbane General Hospital 1870 1894 Career position - In private practice, Brisbane 1876 1894 Career position - Trustee, Queensland Museum 1882 1882 Career position - Member, Queensland Medical Society [II] 1882 1883 Career position - President, Philosophical Society of Queensland 1882 1894 Career position - President, Medical Board of Queensland 1884 1885 Career position - Inaugural President, Royal Society of Queensland 1886 1886 Career position - President, Queensland Medical Society 1886 1886 Career position - President. Queensland Medical Society[III] 1886 1886 Career position - Foundation Member, Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of Queensland 1886 1894 Career position - Member, Queensland Medical Society [III] 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1888 1888 Career position - President, Section I (Hygiene and Public Health), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Bancroft, Thomas Lane (1860 - 1933)

Thomas was Joseph's son

 Mackerras, Mabel Josephine (Josephine) (1896 - 1971)

Joseph was Josephine's grandfather

 Bancroft-Mackerras Medal for Excellence, Australian Society for Parasitology (1982 - )

The Australian Society for Parasitology has awarded the Bancroft-Mackerras Medal since 1982

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member and President, Section I (Sanitary Science and Hygiene) 1888

 Queensland Museum

Trustee 1876 - 1894

 Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of Queensland (1886 - 1894)

Foundation member 1886

 Royal Society of Queensland (1884 - )

President 1884 - 1885

 Philosophical Society of Queensland (1859 - 1884)

Member 1866 - 1883; President 1882 - 1883

 Queensland Medical Society (1886 - 1899)

President 1886

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 Bancroft, Joseph (1836-1894)

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 'Bancroft, Joseph', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Bancroft, Joseph Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Indigenous medicinal plants (exhibit of specimens) Bancroft, Joseph Indigenous medicinal plants (exhibit of specimens) Sydney L. Bruck 1894 The Australasian Medical Gazette 13 42 Journal Article: The Life and Influence of Joseph Bancroft, MD Bancroft Oration Ford, E. The Life and Influence of Joseph Bancroft, MD Bancroft Oration 1961 The Medical Journal of Australia 1 153-170 Edited Book: The Bancroft Tradition Pearn, John and Powell, Laurie The Bancroft Tradition Brisbane Amphion Press 1991 Journal Article: The Bancrofts: a century of scientific endeavour [includes lists of publications] Mackerras, I. M.; and Marks, Elizabeth N. The Bancrofts: a century of scientific endeavour [includes lists of publications] 1973 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 84 1 1-34 Book Section: Bancroft, Joseph (1836-1894), medical practitioner Mackerras, M. Josephine Bancroft, Joseph (1836-1894), medical practitioner Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1969 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C Douglas Pike 84-85 Journal Article: Pituri and Tobacco. Bancroft, J. Pituri and Tobacco. Brisbane Philosophical Society of Queensland 1879 Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Queensland 3 1-16 Journal Article: Pituri and Duboisia. Bancroft, J. Pituri and Duboisia. Brisbane Philosophical Society of Queensland 1877 Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Queensland 2 1-13 Journal Article: The Pituri Poison. Bancroft, J. The Pituri Poison. Brisbane Philosophical Society of Queensland 1872 Transactions of the Philosophical Society of Queensland 1 1-2 Journal Article: Duboisia Pituri Bancroft, J. Duboisia Pituri 1882 Wing's Southern Science Record 2 221- 222 Journal Article: Obituary Notice of Dr. Joseph Bancroft Obituary Notice of Dr. Joseph Bancroft Brisbane Published for the Society by Warwick & Sapsford 1894 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 10 102 Journal Article: Address by [...] President of Section H - Sanitary Science and Hygiene "Various hygienic aspects of Australian life" Bancroft, Joseph Address by [...] President of Section H - Sanitary Science and Hygiene "Various hygienic aspects of Australian life" Sydney, NSW Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1 494-504 Journal Article: Respiration in the roots of shore plants Bancroft, J Respiration in the roots of shore plants Sydney, NSW Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1889 Report of the first meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1 327-331 Journal Article: Cases of filarious disease Bancroft, J. Cases of filarious disease 1878 Transactions of the Pathological Society of London 29 407-19 Journal Article: Diseases of animals and plants that interfere with colonmial progress Bancroft, J. Diseases of animals and plants that interfere with colonmial progress 1879 Divinity Hall record 1 1-14 Journal Article: Human filariasis in Australia: introduction, investigation and elimination Boreham, P. F. L.; and Marks, E. M. Human filariasis in Australia: introduction, investigation and elimination 1986 Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 97 23-52 Journal Article: Duboisia pituri: a Natural History Keogh, Luke Duboisia pituri: a Natural History 2011 Historical Records of Australian Science 22 2 199-214 Journal Article: Joseph Bancroft's discovery of Fusarium wilt of banana Ryley, Malcolm J. and Drenth, Andre Joseph Bancroft's discovery of <span style="font-style:italic">Fusarium</span> wilt of banana 2024 Historical records of Australian science 35 2 158-69 Journal Article: The history of Bancroftian lymphatic filariasis in Australasia and Oceania: is there a threat of re-occurrence in mainland Australia? Gordon, Catherine A.; Jones, Malcolm J.; and McManus, Donald P. The history of Bancroftian lymphatic filariasis in Australasia and Oceania: is there a threat of re-occurrence in mainland Australia? 2018 Tropical medicine and infectious disease 3(2:58):1-25 3 2:58 1-25 Book: The Bancroft oration and the Bancroft Medal Pearn, John The Bancroft oration and the Bancroft Medal [Parkes, A.C.T.] Australian Medical Association [1991?] Journal Article: In sundry places: Queensland place names and memorials commemorating Joseph Bancroft Pearn, John In sundry places: Queensland place names and memorials commemorating Joseph Bancroft 1992 Proceedings of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland 14 10 507-16 Book: Australian botanist's companion George, Alex S. Australian botanist's companion Kardinya, W.A. Four Gables Press 2009 Journal Article: The Fifty-sixth Bancroft Oration: 'a Transient popularity' Cramond, T. The Fifty-sixth Bancroft Oration: 'a Transient popularity' 1990 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 18 2 252-264 Journal Article: Duboisia myoporoides: the Medical Career of a Native Australian Plant Foley, Paul <span style="font-style:italic">Duboisia myoporoides</span>: the Medical Career of a Native Australian Plant 2006 Historical Records of Australian Science 17 1 31-69 Journal Article: The pituri story: a review of the historical literature surrounding traditional Australian Aboriginal use of nicotine in central Australia Ratsch, Angela; Steadman, Kathryn J.; and Bogossian, Fiona The pituri story: a review of the historical literature surrounding traditional Australian Aboriginal use of nicotine in central Australia 2010 Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine 6 [13] 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: Records of Queensland Botanists Maiden, J. H. Records of Queensland Botanists Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1910 Report of the twelfth meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 12 373-383 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Thomas Lane Bancroft - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Thomas Lane Bancroft - Records OM72-6 1912 Letter to Dr Pulleine regarding platypus and spiders 1912. 3 pages Joseph Bancroft - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Joseph Bancroft - Records OM72-152 1887 - 1891 Reports of buildings, establishments and areas in Brisbane made while Bancroft was Health Officer for the Municipality of Brisbane 1887-91 [1 volume, OM72-152]. 1 volume 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 Mabel Josephine Mackerras - Records John Oxley Library, Manuscripts and Business Records Collection, State Library of Queensland Mabel Josephine Mackerras - Records OM68-20 1968 Information stemming from an interview with M.J. Mackerras, 28 February 1968 by D. Gordon, dealing with her father T.L. Bancroft. 4 pages