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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2022-12-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2022-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007143b.htm person Wilkins John AACR2 1826 14 November 1905 Place of Birth Pawlett, Somerset, United Kingdom Place of Death Mount Rosskill, New Zealand Medical practitioner John Wilkins was a surgeon who established a practice in Williamstown, Melbourne, after arriving in June 1850. Between November 1852 and May 1854 he was appointed to several government offices, including those of Assistant Colonial Surgeon and Coroner for Williamstown. He resigned from these offices in 1865, returning to England for further study in diseases of the eye and throat. Wilkins was back in Melbourne in 1867 and in 1871 established his Self-Supporting Infirmary for the Throat, Chest, Eye and Ear. He was appointed honorary surgeon to the Alfred Hospital on its establishment, also in 1871, and published a number of papers in the Australian medical journal, but his relations with the Medical Society of Victoria were strained. Wilkins moved to New Zealand in 1877, settling in Auckland. 1848 1848 Education - MB, King's College Hospital, London 1849 1849 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS) 1850 1850 Life event - Migrated to Victoria November 1852 1865 Career event - Appointed Immigration Officer and Agent Inwards, Williamstown November 1852 1865 Career event - Appointed Assistant Colonial Surgeon, Williamstown, Victoria February 1853 1865 Career event - Appointed Assistant Health Officer, Williamstown May 1854 1865 Career event - Appointed Coroner, Williamstown 1856 1856 Career position - Assistant Surgeon, Victoria Volunteer Artillery Regiment. Williamstown Division 1866 1866 Award - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS) 1871 1871 Career event - Established Self-Supporting Infirmary for the Throat, Chest, Eye and Ear 1871 1876 Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne Alfred Hospital (1871 - )

Honorary Surgeon 1871 - 1876

 'Wilkins, John', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wilkins, John Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: John Wilkins, surgeon, 1826 - 1905: experiences in Williamstown (Melbourne) and New Zealand Lowe, R. F. John Wilkins, surgeon, 1826 - 1905: experiences in Williamstown (Melbourne) and New Zealand 1996 Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery 66 12 832-7 Journal Article: Australasian ophthalmology: trans-Tasman ties Hadden, O. Bruce; and Kaufman, David V. Australasian ophthalmology: trans-Tasman ties 2012 Clinical and experimental ophthalmology 40 108-14