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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-08-29 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007476b.htm person Greenup Richard AACR2 15 March 1803 17 July 1866 Place of Birth Darcy Hay near Halifax, Yorkshire, United Kingdom Place of Death Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Medical practitioner Richard Greenup was a medical practitioner involved in the treatment of asylum patients in Wiltshire, United Kingdom, before coming to New South Wales in 1850. In 1852 he was appointed as the second Medical Superintendent of the Lunatic and Invalid Establishment in Parramatta, one of the earliest such hospital in Australia. Here he introduced various reforms, promoting exercise for the patients and encouraging the men to engage in gardening and maintenance. He advocated changing the management of asylums to the system prevailing in the United Kingdom, of boards and official visitors. Greenup was also medical officer to a number of other organisations in Parramatta, including the gaol, the Protestant Orphan School, and the Parramatta Rifle Corps. In 1851 he was involved in the establishment of the University of Sydney, initially as Secretary and later as treasurer and registrar. Greenup died in 1866 from stab wounds inflicted by an inmate. 1831 1831 Education - MA, Queen's College, University of Cambridge 1836 1836 Education - MD, Queen's College, University of Cambridge 1836 1837 Career position - In private practice, Salisbury, United Kingdom 1837 1847 Career position - Visiting physician to asylums in north Wiltshire, United Kingdom April 1850 April 1850 Life event - Arrived in Sydney 1851 1851 Career position - Secretary, University of Sydney 1852 1866 Career position - Medical Superintendent, Lunatic and Invalid Establishment, Parramatta 1856 1856 Career position - Examiner in medicine, University of Sydney 1858 1858 Career position - Examiner in chemistry and experimental physics, University of Sydney 1859 1859 Career position - Visiting justice, Parramatta Gaol 1861 1866? Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Parramatta Rifle Corps The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Secretary 1851; Examiner in medicine 1856; Examiner in chemistry and experimental physics 1858

 'Greenup, Richard', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Greenup, Richard Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Greenup, Richard (1803 - 1866), medical practitioner Phillips, Nan Greenup, Richard (1803 - 1866), medical practitioner Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 290-1 Journal Article: A pioneer in the management of Australian psychiatric services: Dr Richard Greenup (1803 - 1866) Brakoulias, Vlasios, Buxton, Megan, McDonald, Tracy, White, Richard T. and De Moore, Gregory A pioneer in the management of Australian psychiatric services: Dr Richard Greenup (1803 - 1866) 2023 Australasian psychiatry 32 2 143-6 Resource: Dramatis personae - Examiners: the Examiners other than those who were Fellows of Senate The University of Sydney School of Medicine online museum Dramatis personae - Examiners: the Examiners other than those who were Fellows of Senate Sydney Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive, University of Sydney 2024 Book: Medical practice in old Parramatta : an historical review of the village doctoring in the colony of New South Wales Brown, Keith Macarthur Medical practice in old Parramatta : an historical review of the village doctoring in the colony of New South Wales Sydney Angus & Robertson 1937