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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2025-04-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002741b.htm person White John AACR2 c. 1756 20 February 1832 Place of Death Worthing, Sussex, England Naval officer Surgeon John White was chief surgeon of the First Fleet and the subsequent colony of New South Wales, remaining in the colony until December 1794. He was responsible for the building of a hospital and decreasing the illness and death rate. He was also a keen amateur naturalist; his journal and accompanying specimens were sent to England in November 1788 and subsequently published as "Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales" in 1790.

Born ca 1757. Entered the navy as third surgeon's mate in H.M.S. "Wasp" 1778, diploma of the Company of Surgeons 1781, naval service, West Indies and India 1781-86, surgeon, "Irresistible" 1786, chief surgeon, First Fleet 1786-96, various ships 1796-99, surgeon, Sheerness Navy Yard 1799-1803, surgeon, Chatham Yard 1803-20. Keen amateur naturalist, who sent specimens to England. The convict artist assigned to him from 1792-94, Thomas Watling (q.v.), made many natural history drawings for him.

1778 1780 Career position - Surgeon's mate, Royal British Navy 1780 1787 Career position - Surgeon, Royal British Navy 1787 1787 Career event - Named Surgeon-General of New South Wales 1790 1790 Publication - Book: Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales 1793 1793 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus robusta Sm., of which White collected the type 1793 1793 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus piperita Sm. White collected the type 1793 1793 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus corymbosa Sm. (= E. gummifera (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Hochr. 1793 1793 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus capitellata Sm., of which White collected the type 1795 1795 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus tereticornis Sm., of which White collected the type 1797 1797 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus saligna Sm., of which White collected the type 1797 1797 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus resinifera Sm., of which White collected the type 1797 1797 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus pilularis Sm., of which White collected the type 1797 1797 Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus haemastoma Sm., of which White collected the type Watling, Thomas (1762 - c. 1814) Colony of New South Wales (1788 - 1901)

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 'White, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology White, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: White, John (1756?-1832), naval surgeon Rienits, Rex White, John (1756?-1832), naval surgeon Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 594-595 Journal Article: Joseph Banks and the continuing influence of European colonisation on Australian herbal practice. Evans, Sue Joseph Banks and the continuing influence of European colonisation on Australian herbal practice. 2009 Australian Journal of Medical Herbalism 21 3 63-65 Journal Article: John White AM, MD, FLS (c.1756-1832), Surgeon General of New South Wales: a New Biography of the Messenger of the Echidna and Waratah Nelson, E. Charles John White AM, MD, FLS (c.1756-1832), Surgeon General of New South Wales: a New Biography of the Messenger of the Echidna and Waratah 1998 Archives of Natural History 25 149-211 Book Section: John White MD, RN: Surgeon General to the First Fleet Simpson, Rob John White MD, RN: Surgeon General to the First Fleet Brisbane Amphion Press 1988 Pioneer Medicine in Australia John Pearn 15-31 Journal Article: John White: Surgeon General to the First Fleet Anderson, D John White: Surgeon General to the First Fleet 1933 Medical Journal of Australia 1933 1(6) 183-7 Journal Article: John White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales (1790): Comments on the Natural History and the Artistic Origins of the Plates Pigot, Louis J. John White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales (1790): Comments on the Natural History and the Artistic Origins of the Plates 2000 Archives of Natural History 27 157-174 Journal Article: John White, surgeon-general to the colony Robertson, E. G. John White, surgeon-general to the colony 1968 Clinical and Experimental Neurology 5 1-18 Book: Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals Olsen, Penny Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals Canberra National Library of Australia 2010 Journal Article: Thomas Wilson Esq and the natural history collections of First Fleet Surgeon John White Fishburn, Thomas Thomas Wilson Esq and the natural history collections of First Fleet Surgeon John White 2023 Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society 109 1 79-100 Journal Article: John White's Journal of a voyage to new [sic] South Wales (1790): comments on the natural history and the artistic origin of the plates Pigott, Louis J. John White's <span style="font-style:italic">Journal of a voyage to new [sic] South Wales</span> (1790): comments on the natural history and the artistic origin of the plates 2000 Archives of natural history 27 2 157-74 Journal Article: White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales Alexander, A. B. White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales 1924 Emu 23 209-215 Journal Article: John White's Journal of a voyage to new South Wales (1790): comments on the natural history and the artistic origins of the plates Piggott, Louis J. John White's Journal of a voyage to new South Wales (1790): comments on the natural history and the artistic origins of the plates 2000 Archives of Natural History 27 2 157-74 Book: Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists MacInnis, Peter Curious Minds: the Discoveries of Australian Naturalists Canberra National Library of Australia 2012 Journal Article: Notes on John White's Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (1790) a classic of Australian herpetology Bauer, A. M. Notes on John White's Journal of a voyage to New South Wales (1790) a classic of Australian herpetology 1999 Newsletter of the International Society for the History and Bibliography of Herpetology 1 1 16-9 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Book: Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Hall, Norman Botanists of the Eucalypts: short biographies of people who have named eucalypts, whose names have been given to species or who have collected type material Melbourne CSIRO 1978

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