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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002330b.htm person Douglass Henry Grattan AACR2 1790 1 December 1865 Place of Birth Dublin, Ireland Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Medical administrator Medical practitioner Member of Parliament Henry Douglass was a medical practitioner who, on arrival in New South Wales in 1821, was appointed Superintendent of the Colonial Hospital and the Female Factory, both in Parramatta. He was also appointed Magistrate, but after disputes with his fellow members of the bench and various political difficulties, he returned to the United Kingdom in 1828, his land grants being rescinded. During the next 20 years he spent much time in France as superintendent of the seaman's hospital in Le Havre. After his return to Sydney in 1848, Douglass was appointed Honorary Physician at the Sydney Hospital, as such being one of the first teachers of clinical medicine in Australia. He resigned as Director of the Hospital when appointed to the Legislative Council in 1856. As a Member of Parliament, first as an appointed and then an elected Member, he advocated abolition of capital punishment, compulsory vaccination against smallpox, and regulation of qualifications for medical practitioners. Douglass was an active member of the scientific community in New South Wales. A founding member of the Philosophical Society of Australasia, the first scientific organisation established in the colony, and the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, he held office in several later societies. He was also a strong advocate for the establishment of the University of Sydney, serving on the Senate from 1856 to 1865.

Educated Trinity College Dublin (MD); Licentiate, Kings and Queens College of Physicians, Ireland. Assistant surgeon in the British Army.

1812 1812 Career event - Appointed Medical Superintendent, Fever Hospital and Infirmary, Cahir, Tipperary, Ireland 1815 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdom 1820 Career position - Member, Royal Irish Academy 1821 1821 Life event - Arrived in Sydney 1821 1821 Career event - Established private practice, Parramatta, New South Wales 1821 1821 Career event - Appointed Superintendent, Female Factory, Parramatta 1821 1823 Career position - Superintendent, Colonial Hospital, Parramatta, New South Wales 1821 1828 Career position - Magistrate June 1821 1822 Career position - Founding Member, Philosophical Society of Australasia 1822 1822 Career position - Member, Agricultural Society of New South Wales May 1828 May 1828 Life event - Left Sydney 1848 Career position - Member, Agricultural Society of New South Wales October 1848 October 1848 Life event - Returned to Sydney (as surgeon superintendent of the emigrant ship Earl Grey) 1850 1855 Career position - Secretary, Australian Philosophical Society 1851 1856 Career position - Member (elected) for Counties of Northumberland and Hunter, Legislative Council, Parliament of New South Wales 1856 1861 Career position - Member (appointed), Legislative Council, Parliament of New South Wales 1856 1865 Career position - Member, Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1856 1865 Career position - Member of the Senate, University of Sydney 1857 1858 Career position - Secretary, Philosophical Society of New South Wales 1858 1859 Career position - Member of Council, Philosophical Society of New South Wales The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Member of the Senate 1856 - 1865

 Philosophical Society of Australasia (1821 - 1822)

Member 1821 - 1822

 Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856 - 1866)

Member of Council 1858 - 1859

 Australian Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Science, Commerce and Agriculture (1850 - 1856)

Secretary 1850 - 1855

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 'Douglass, Henry Grattan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Douglass, Henry Grattan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Douglass, Henry Grattan (1790-1865), doctor of medicine and public servant Noad, K. B. Douglass, Henry Grattan (1790-1865), doctor of medicine and public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1966 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H Douglas Pike 314-316 Journal Article: Henry Grattan Douglass Noad, K. B. Henry Grattan Douglass 1962 Bulletin of the Post-Graduate Committee in Medicine, University of Sydney 125-147 Journal Article: Doctor Douglass and medical sociology Brown, Keith Macarthur Doctor Douglass and medical sociology 1943 Medical journal of Australia 1 21 Journal Article: Some notes on the life of Doctor Henry Grattan Douglass Plomley, N. J. B. Some notes on the life of Doctor Henry Grattan Douglass 1961 Medical journal of Australia 1 22 801-7 Journal Article: A biographical register of Members of the Australian Philosophical Society (1850 -55) and the Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856-66): part I Day, A. A. and Day, J. A. F. A biographical register of Members of the Australian Philosophical Society (1850 -55) and the Philosophical Society of New South Wales (1856-66): part I 1984 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 117 119-27 Journal Article: Biographical Sketches of Some of the Members of the Philosophical Society of Australasia Cambage, R.H. Biographical Sketches of Some of the Members of the Philosophical Society of Australasia 1921 Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales lv xxxiii-xlii