Person
Arnold, Joseph (1782 - 1818)
- Born
- 28 December 1782
Beccles, Suffolk, England - Died
- 26 July 1818
Padang, Sumatra - Occupation
- Naturalist and Naval surgeon
Summary
Joseph Arnold was a naval surgeon for most of his career. Towards the end of his life he worked for Sir Stamford Raffles in Sumatra as a naturalist. His collection of fossils and shells was deposited in the museum of the Linnean Society, of which he was a fellow.
Details
From 1815 onwards Joseph Arnold tried unsuccessfully to practise in Sydney. He then sailed for England in the "Indefatigable", which burnt to the water's edge in Batavia.
Chronology
- 1799
- Education - Apprenticed to a surgeon and apothecary
- 1807
- Education - Diploma in Surgery completed in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1808 - 1815
- Career position - Assistant Surgeon with the Royal Navy in England
- 1809
- Career position - Surgeon on the H.M.S. Hindostan voyage to Sydney
- 1815
- Career position - Surgeon-Superintendent on the Northampton voyage to Sydney
- 1818
- Career position - Naturalist for Sir Stanford Raffles in Sumatra
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Joseph Arnold - Records, 1808 - 1818, NX 354; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
National Library of Australia Pictures Collection
- Joseph Arnold - Records, 1807 - 1818, PIC R7734-R7977 LOC NL Shelves 560; National Library of Australia Pictures Collection. Details
Published resources
Books
- Turner, Dawson, Memoir of J. Arnold MD (London: 1849). Details
Book Sections
- Bateson, Charles, 'Arnold, Joseph (1782-1818)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), p. 29. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010030b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Whitley, Gilbert P., 'Some Early Naturalists and Collectors in Australia', Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society, xix (1933), 291-304. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3184535. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/21195280. Details
- 'Arnold, Joseph (1782-1818)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-952909. Details
McCarthy, G.J & Annette Alafaci
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 25 July 2006
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