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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002668b.htm person Thompson John Ashburton AACR2 31 July 1846 16 September 1915 Place of Birth Kensington, England Place of Death South Kensington, England Physician Epidemiologist John Thompson was a medical officer with the Board of Health, New South Wales from 1884-1896 and chief medical officer and president from 1896 until his retirement in 1913. His prize-winning study of leprosy in Australia (1897) won him a world-wide reputation.

Born 31 July 1846. Died 16 September 1915. Educated Guy's and Middlesex hospitals, London (LRCP, MRCS, LM. LSA 1868), the Free University of Brussels (MD 1876 and the University of Cambridge (Diploma in public health 1882). Private practice and work for the Great Northern Railway Co. from 1872, insurance work in New Zealand and several Australian colonies, migrated to Australia 1883, resident surgeon, Hospital for Pacific Islanders, Mackay, Queensland 1884, medical officer, Board of Health, New South Wales 1884-96, chief medical officer and president 1896-1913. special delegate to the Australasian Sanitary Conference, Sydney 1884, member, Government Asylums Inquiry Board 1887, official delegate, International Congress of Hygiene and Demography, London 1891, chair of inquiry into lead poisoning at Broken Hill 1892-93, examiner, University of Sydney 1892-99, chairman, board of examiners to supply trained sanitary inspectors 1900-13.

1888 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1890 1890 Career position - President, Section I (Sanitary Science and Hygiene), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science Tidswell, Frank (1867 - 1941) Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 - ; President, Section I (Sanitary Science and Hygiene) 1890

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 'Thompson, John Ashburton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Thompson, John Ashburton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Thompson, John Ashburton (1846-1915), medical officer and epidemiologist Morison, Patricia Thompson, John Ashburton (1846-1915), medical officer and epidemiologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 211 Book: A contribution to the history of leprosy in Australia Thompson, J. Ashburton A contribution to the history of leprosy in Australia London Macmillan 1897 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Book: The Martin spirit: Charles Martin and the foundation of biological science in Australia Morison, Patricia The Martin spirit: Charles Martin and the foundation of biological science in Australia Canberra Halstead Press 2019