Person
Bird, Samuel Dougan (1832 - 1904)
- Born
- 4 November 1832
Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - Died
- 15 May 1904
"Montreaux", South Yarra, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Surgeon
Summary
Samuel Bird established a medical practice in Melbourne in 1862, specializing in lung diseases. He lectured in the Medical Faculty of the University of Melbourne 1869-1887. He was the father of Frederick Dougan Bird.
Details
Educated King's College Hospital (LRCP 1851, MRCSE 1854). MD, St Andrews 1859. MD, ad eund, University of Melbourne 1862. Resident physician's assistant, Hospital for Consumption, Brompton 1851; private practice, Richmond, Surrey 1852-54, 1856-60, 1861; divisional surgeon 1854; service at Sebastopol 1855; commanded the medical staff for the Turkish expedition to relieve Kars 1855 and awarded the Imperial Order of Medjidie by the sultan; arrived Melbourne 1862; private practice 1861-1904; physician to the Benevolent Asylum and Immigrants Aid Society; first honorary physician, Alfred Hospital from 1871; lecturer in materia medica, University of Melbourne from 1869, lecturer in the theory and practice of medicine 1881-87; chief medical officer to the Australian Mutual Provident Society in Victoria for 30 years. President, Medical Society of Victoria 1869. Interested in chest disease.
Related entries
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Samuel Dougan Bird - Records, 1829 - 1928; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- O'Sullivan, David M., 'Bird, Samuel Dougan (1832-1904), physician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969), p. 166. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A030156b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24044889. Details
- 'Bird, S Dougan (1832-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1440900. Details
See also
- Smith, James, ed., The Cyclopedia of Victoria: an historical and commercial review: descriptive and biographical, facts, figures and illustrations: an epitome of progress (Melbourne: Cyclopedia Co, 1903-1905), vol.1: 618 pp, vol.2: 563 pp, vol.3: 643 pp. 'Samuel Dougan Bird' Vol.1 p.441-2. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 February 2023
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