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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-05-13 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007693b.htm person Quaife Frederick Harrison AACR2 5 January 1841 1922 Place of Birth Bay of Islands, New Zealand Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Medical practitioner Frederick Quaife was a medical practitioner noted for being the first to use x-ray technology on Australia. He set up his Röntgen machine in the laboratory in his practice in Woollahra. A consultant at the Sydney Hospital for many years, in 1896 he provided funds for the Hospital to obtain its first x-ray machine. Between 1884 and 1889 he was Examiner in Medicine at the University of Sydney. A member of the New South Wales Medical Board, he was also a foundation member and office bearer of the New South Wales Branch of the British Medical Association. Quaife was a man of broad interests: He was active in the New South Wales Branch of the British Astronomical Society. His musical talents were evident in his membership of the Sydney Amateur Orchestral and Royal Philharmonic Societies. 1860 1860 Education - BA, University of Sydney 1862 1862 Education - MA, University of Sydney 1867 1867 Education - MD ChM, University of Glasgow, Scotland 1867 1867 Education - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCS) 1869 1869 Career event - Registered to practice medicine in New South Wales 1869 1900? Career position - In private practice in Woollahra, Sydney 1871 1879 Career position - Honorary Physician, Sydney Hospital 1876 1922 Career position - Member, Royal Society of New South Wales 1879 Career position - Honorary Consultant Physician, Sydney Hospital 1880 Career position - Foundation Member, New South Wales Branch, British Medical Association 1884 1885 Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, British Medical Association 1884 1889 Career position - Examiner in Medicine, University of Sydney 1894 1915 Career position - Member, New South Wales Medical Board 1895 1909 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of New South Wales 1897 1922 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of New South Wales 1912 1916 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of New South Wales The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Examiner in medicine 1884 -1889

 Royal Society of New South Wales (1866 - )

Vice-President 1905 - 1909 and 1912 - 1916

 'Quaife, Frederick Harrison', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Quaife, Frederick Harrison Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Notes on the sanitary condition of the eastern suburbs, etc Quaife, F. H. Notes on the sanitary condition of the eastern suburbs, etc 1887 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 20 350-3 Journal Article: Notes on two lightning flashes Quaife, F. H. Notes on two lightning flashes 1912 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 46 138-42 Journal Article: Presidential address Andrews, E. C. Presidential address 1922 Journal and proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 56 1-38 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