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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-10-04 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-01-31 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007108b.htm person Whittell Horatio Thomas AACR2 Whittell, H. Thomas 11 October 1826 21 August 1899 Place of Birth Warwick, United Kingdom Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Medical practitioner Thomas Whittell, a medical practitioner, worked for ten years at Queen's Hospital (Birmingham, United Kingdom) after gaining his medical diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons. Before migrating to South Australia in 1852 he achieved in addition the degree of MD from the University of Aberdeen. In Adelaide he established a successful private practice. During a 2-year visit to Europe from 1879 to 1881 Whittell became immersed in the new research on microscopy and bacteria. After his return to Adelaide, he was appointed to several government roles, including President of the Central Board of Health and City Coroner. In these roles he was able to apply his skills in microscopy to public health issues with considerable success. His involvement in the wider medical community included ten years on the Board of the Adelaide Hospital where he was also honorary surgeon. Whittell became President of the Royal Society of South Australia in 1882 and was a founding member of the Society's Field Naturalists' Section. 1858 Career position - In private practice, Adelaide 1858 1858 Life event - Arrived in South Australia 1882 1883 Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia 1883 1883 Career position - Founding member and Member of Council, Field Naturalists Section, Royal Society of South Australia 1883 1886? Career position - President, South Australian Central Board of Health 1886 1889 Career position - Registrar of Births, Marriages and Deaths, South Australia 1888 Career position - Vaccination Officer and Inspector of Anatomy, South Australian Colonial Surgeons Office 1888 Career position - City Coroner, Adelaide South Australian Colonial Surgeons Office, Colony and State of South Australia (1836 - 1914)

Vaccination Officer and Inspector of Anatomy 1888 - ?

 South Australian Central Board of Health, Colony and State of South Australia (1873 - 1951)

President 1883 -

 Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of South Australia (1883 - 1959)

Founding member and Member of Council 1883

 Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

President 1882 - 1883

 'Whittell, Horatio Thomas (Thomas)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Whittell, Horatio Thomas (Thomas) Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: List of birds occurring in North Queensland Whittell, H. M. List of birds occurring in North Queensland Cairns, Qld North Queensland Naturalists Club 1949 Book: Practical observations on diphtheria: comprising an epitome of the most recent European experience and opinions on its causes, pathology and treatment Whittell, H. T. Practical observations on diphtheria: comprising an epitome of the most recent European experience and opinions on its causes, pathology and treatment Adelaide Shawler 1859