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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-04-29 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002334b.htm person Eades Richard FRCS (Ir) AACR2 15 August 1809 12 October 1867 Place of Birth Dublin, Ireland Place of Death Windsor, Victoria, Australia Physician Richard Eades ran a private medical practice in Adelaide from 1849 to 1852 and in Melbourne from 1852 to 1867. He was also physician to the Melbourne Hospital (1859-1866), lectured on materia medica in the Government Analytical Laboratory and began an extra-mural course for medical students, which hastened the establishment of the University of Melbourne Medical School. After completing his studies in his home country of England, Eades went to Paris to study botany and chemistry and then migrated to Australia in 1848. Eades was a Foundation Member of both the Philosophical Society of Victoria and the Philosophical Institute of Victoria. He also served on the Exploration Committee which organised the Victorian Exploring Expedition from 1858 to 1862. 1832 1832 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), Trinity College Dublin 1834 Career position - Member, Royal College of Surgeons in London (MRCS) 1836 1836 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Trinity College Dublin 1844 1844 Education - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1848 1848 Life event - Migrated to South Australia 1849 1852 Career position - Private practice in South Australia c. 1853 Career position - Private practice in Melbourne 1854 1855 Career position - Foundation Member, Philosophical Society of Victoria 1855 1859 Career position - Foundation Member of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1856 1867 Career position - Official visitor to the Lunatic Asylum 1858 1862 Career position - Member of the Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria) 1859 1859 Career position - Member of Council, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1859 1860 Career position - Mayor of Melbourne 1859 1866 Career position - Physician to the Melbourne Hospital 1859 1867 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1860 1861 Career position - Vice-President of the Council, Royal Society of Victoria 1862 1867 Career position - First Lecturer in Materia Medica and Therapeutics, University of Melbourne 1865 1867 Career position - Health Officer for Melbourne 1884 1884 Award - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCS) Melbourne Hospital (1848 - 1935)

Physician 1859 - 1866

 Philosophical Society of Victoria (1854 - 1855)

Foundation Member 1854 - 1855

 Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859)

Foundation Member 1855 - 1859; Member of Council 1859

 Victorian Exploring Expedition (1860 - 1861)

Member of the Exploration Committee of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria (later Royal Society of Victoria) 1858 - 1862

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Member 1860 - 1867; Vice-President 1860 - 1861

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 Eades, Richard (1809-1867)

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 'Eades, Richard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Eades, Richard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Eades, Richard (1809-1867), physician Russell, K. F. Eades, Richard (1809-1867), physician Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 124-125 Journal Article: Obituary: Dr Eades Obituary: Dr Eades 1867 Australian Medical Journal 1867 Oct. 309-12 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001