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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-11-20 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-12-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007920b.htm person Gillbee William AACR2 1825 4 January 1885 Place of Birth Hackney, United Kingdom Place of Death East Melbpourne, Victoria, Australia Medical practitioner Surgeon William Gillbee, having completed his medical training in London and undertaken postgraduate studies in Edinburgh, came to Victoria in 1852. Here he established a practice in Collins St. Between 1854 and 1875 he was an honorary surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital. He introduced the use of antiseptic methods at the Hospital, the first to do so. Gillbee helped found the medical school at the University of Melbourne in 1862 and was examiner in surgery. A leading member of the medical profession in Melbourne, he served as President of both the Medical Society of Victoria and the Victorian Branch of the British Medical Association. He was also an office-bearer of the Philosophical Institute of Victoria and its successor, the Royal Society of Victoria. 1848 1848 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons at RCS, Guy's Hospital, London 1851 1852 Education - Member, RoyaL College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 1852 1852 Life event - Migrated to Victoria 1852 1852 Career event - Established practice in Collins St, Melbourne January 1854 1867 Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Melbourne Hospital 1857 1857 Career position - Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1858 1859 Career position - Member of Council, Philosophical Institute of Victoria 1859 1885 Career position - Member, Royal Society of Victoria 1861 1863 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of Victoria 1862 1862 Career position - Examiner in surgery, University of Melbourne 1863 1863 Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria 1864 1864 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Victoria 1865 1869 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of Victoria 1867 1875 Career position - Senior Surgeon, Melbourne Hospital 1869 1879 Career position - Vice-President, Victorian Medical Benevolent Association 1879 1879 Career position - President, British Medical Association, Victorian Branch 1879 1884 Career position - President, Victorian Medical Benevolent Association 1882 1882 Career position - President, Committee of Management, Melbourne Hospital Philosophical Institute of Victoria (1855 - 1859)

Member of Council 1858 - 1859

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Member of Council 1861 - 1863, 1865 - 1869; Vice-President 1864

 Melbourne Hospital (1848 - 1935)

Senior Surgeon 1867 - 1875

 Medical Society of Victoria (1855 - 1907)

President 1863

 'Gillbee, William', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Gillbee, William Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The introduction of antiseptic surgery to Australia O'Sullivan, D. The introduction of antiseptic surgery to Australia 1967 Medical journal of Australia 2 20, 1 November 896-902 Journal Article: William Gillbee and the introduction of antiseptic surgery to Australia O'Sullivan, David M. William Gillbee and the introduction of antiseptic surgery to Australia 1966 Medical journal of Australia 1 19, 1 November 871-7 Journal Article: William Gillbee and Ersyipelas at the Melbourne Hospital: Medical Theory and Social Actions Dyason, Diana J. William Gillbee and Ersyipelas at the Melbourne Hospital: Medical Theory and Social Actions 1984 Journal of Australian Studies 8 14 3-28