Person

Neild, James Edward (1824 - 1906)

Born
6 July 1824
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Died
17 August 1906
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Forensic pathologist and Journalist

Summary

James Neild was editor of the "Australian Medical Journal" 1863-1879 and Lecturer in Forensic Medicine, University of Melbourne 1865-1904.

Details

Chronology

1848
Education - Licentiate, Society of Apothecaries, London
1851 - 1853
Career position - Resident Apothecary, Rochdale Dipsensary, United Kingdom
1861 - 1879
Career position - Member, Medical Society of Victoria
1863 - 1879
Career position - Editor, Australian medical journal
1864
Education - DM, University of Melbourne
1865 - 1904
Career position - Lecturer in Forensic Medicine, University of Melbourne
1866 - 1869
Career position - Chairman, Melbourne Institution for Diseases of the Eye and Ear
1867
Career position - Vice-President, Medical Society of Victoria
1868
Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria
1879 - 1906
Career position - Foundation Member, British Medical Association, Victorian Branch
1882
Career position - President, British Medical Association, Victorian Branch
1883 - 1906
Career position - Foundation Member and Member of Council, St John Ambulance Association
1901
Career position - President, British Medical Association, Victorian Branch

Related Corporate Bodies

Archival resources

Australian Medical Association (Victorian Branch)

  • James Edward Neild - Records, 1848 - 1906; Australian Medical Association (Victorian Branch). Details

State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection

  • James Edward Neild - Records, 1824 - 1906, MS 8105; State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Love, Harold, James Edward Neild: Victorian Virtuoso (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), 256 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Gandevia, Bryan, 'Neild, James Edward (1824-1906), forensic pathologist, drama critic, medical ediotr and journalist' in Geological Survey, South Australia, Quarterly Geological Notes, Douglas Pike, ed., vol. 5 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974), pp. 327-329. Details
  • Rutledge, Martha, 'Neild, John Cash (1846-1911), insurance agent and politician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 672-673. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/neild-john-cash-7734. Details

Journal Articles

  • Johnston, William, 'Dr. James Edward Neild and the Early History of the St. John Ambulance Association in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 2 (14) (1963), 563-569. Details

Resources

See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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