Person

Wilkie, David Elliot (1815 - 1885)

Born
14 August 1815
Rothobyres, Haddington, Scotland
Died
2 April 1885
Paris, France
Occupation
Physician and Politician

Summary

David Wilkie studied medicine in France and Scotland and later moved to Australia. There he specialized in diseases of women and children, and was an honorary physician to the Melbourne Hospital for many years. Wilkie was heavily involved in preventative medicine and was editor of the "Australian Medical Journal", 1858. David Wilkie was also interested in public affairs and after several attempts was finally elected to the Legislative Council for North Western Province in 1858. He took a leading role in Victoria's scientific societies including the medical associations and the Royal Society of Victoria and its predecessors.

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Chronology

1836
Education - MB, University of Edinburgh
1838
Career event - Licentiate of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
1838
Life event - Migrated to South Australia
1839
Life event - Settled in Melbourne
1846
Career position - Inaugural Secretary, Port Philip Medical Association
1852
Career position - President, Victoria Medical Society
1854 - 1855
Career position - Treasurer, Philosophical Society of Victoria
1855 - 1857
Career position - Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria
1856 - 1878
Career position - Treasurer, Melbourne Mechanics' Institute
1857 - 1859
Career position - Vice-President, Philosophical Institute of Victoria
1857 - 1859
Award - Life Member, Philosophical Institute of Victoria
1857 - 1861
Career position - Member, Exploration Committee, Victorian Exploring Expedition
1858 -
Career position - Editor, Australian medical journal
1858
Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria
1858 - 1868
Career position - Member for the North Western Province, Legislative Council, Parliament of Victoria
1859 - 1885
Award - Life Member, Royal Society of Victoria
1874 - 1878
Career position - Member, Medical Board of Victoria
1881
Life event - Retired

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  • Graham, Howard Boyd, The Honorable David Elliot Wilkie, M.D.: a pioneer of Melbourne (Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company, 1956), 24 pp. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn

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