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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-07-01 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005858b.htm person Flecker Hugo AACR2 7 December 1884 25 June 1957 Place of Birth Prahran, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Cairns, Queensland, Australia Medical practitioner Radiotherapist Toxinologist Hugo Flecker was a medical practitioner and one of Australia's pioneer radiologists who was known internationally for his research on poisoning by jellyfish. As a radiotherapist he was one of the first in Australia to use deep X-ray therapy and his published reports are among the earliest in Australian medical literature. In 1932 he moved from Melbourne to Cairns, his practice becoming a centre for radiological opinion and advice on snakebites, scorpion stings and the ingestion of toxic plants. He published the first report of coneshell poisoning in Australia in 1936. Flecker determined that unexplained deaths of swimmers were caused by extremely venomous box jellyfish, one species of which was named Chironex fleckeri in his honour. As foundation President of the North Queensland Naturalists' Club he greatly influenced the documentation and study of the region's flora. The Flecker Botanic Gardens, Cairns, were so named in 1971. 1908 1908 Education - MB ChM, University of Sydney 1911 1911 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS) 1911 1911 Education - Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London 1912 1912 Education - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1914 1917 Career position - Served with the Australian Imperial Forces 1918 1921 Career position - In general practice, Temora, New South Wales 1921 1932 Career position - In private radiology practice, Collins St, Melbourne 1923 1932? Career position - Honorary Radiologist, Austin Hospital for Incurables, Melbourne 1926 1932? Career position - Honorary Radiologist, Homeopathic (later Prince Henry's) Hospital, Melbourne 1927 1932? Career position - Lecturer in Radiological Anatomy, University of Melbourne 1932 Career position - In practice as radiologist and radiotherapist, Cairns, Queensland 1932 1945 Career position - Foundation President, North Queensland Naturalists' Club 1937 1937 Education - Diploma in radiology, Sydney 1939 1939 Education - Fellow, Faculty of Radiology, England 1946 1957 Career position - Vice-President, North Queensland Naturalists' Club 1957 1957 Award - J. P. Thomson Medal, Royal Geographical Society of Australia North Queensland Naturalists Club (1932 - )

President 1932 - 1945; Patron 1951 - 1957

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 'Flecker, Hugo', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Flecker, Hugo Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Flecker, Hugo (1884-1957), medical practitioner, radiotherapist, toxicologist and natural historian Pearn, John H. Flecker, Hugo (1884-1957), medical practitioner, radiotherapist, toxicologist and natural historian Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 182-183 Journal Article: Hugo Flecker's Contributions to Medicine and Natural History Pearn, John Hugo Flecker's Contributions to Medicine and Natural History 1994 Medical Journal of Australia 161 1 66-67, 70 Journal Article: Obituary: Hugo Flecker Lester, I. A. Obituary: Hugo Flecker 1957 Medical Journal of Australia 1957 2 809-10 Conference Paper: Hugo Flecker and the North Queensland Naturalists' Club Clarkson, J.R. Hugo Flecker and the North Queensland Naturalists' Club Melbourne Australian Systematic Botany Society 1990 History of Systematic Botany in Australasia: Proceedings of a Symposium Held at the University of Melbourne, 25-27 May 1988 Short, P.S. 171-178 Book: Edible plants in North Queensland Flecker, H., Stephens, G. B. and Stephens, S. E. Edible plants in North Queensland Cairns, Qld North Queensland Naturalists Club 1948 Journal Article: A census of the plants of north Queensland Flecker, H. A census of the plants of north Queensland 1933 North Queensland naturalist 1 9 5-8 Journal Article: North Queensland - a naturalists' paradise: the activities of the N.Q. Naturalists Club Flecker, H. North Queensland - a naturalists' paradise: the activities of the N.Q. Naturalists Club 1937 Queensland naturalist 10 20-4 Journal Article: Roentgen's discovery of the X-rays and the pioneer Melbourne radiologists Macdonald, Colin F. Roentgen's discovery of the X-rays and the pioneer Melbourne radiologists 1965 Victorian historical magazine 36 4 136-53 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: A brief history of bryological exploration in Queensland Franks, Andrew J. A brief history of bryological exploration in Queensland 2020 Queensland naturalist 58 4/6 25-47 Edited Book: Australasian Radiology: a History Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm Australasian Radiology: a History Sydney McGraw-Hill 1996 Journal Article: The first fifty years of x-ray use in Queensland Paterson, R. A. The first fifty years of x-ray use in Queensland 1989 Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27 567-88 Journal Article: The Jellyfish Hunter - Jack Barnes: a Pioneer Medical Toxinologist in Australia Pearn, John and Fenner, Peter The Jellyfish Hunter - Jack Barnes: a Pioneer Medical Toxinologist in Australia 2006 Toxicon 48 762-767 Journal Article: Twentieth Century Toxinology and Antivenom development in Australia Winkel, Kenneth D.; Mirtschin, Peter and Pearn, John Twentieth Century Toxinology and Antivenom development in Australia 2006 Toxicon 48 7 738-754