Person
Menzies, Archibald (1754 - 1842)
- Born
- 15 March 1754
Weims, Perthshire, Scotland - Died
- 15 February 1842
Notting Hill, England - Occupation
- Surgeon and Naturalist
Summary
Archibald Menzies visited Western Australia as surgeon and naturalist to the Pacific Expedition of George Vancouver in the "Discovery" 1790-1795.
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
- Australian Botanists - Biographies, MS 064; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia
- Archibald Menzies - Records, 1791, LBWA 405A; JS Battye Library of West Australian History, State Library of Western Australia. Details
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- Archibald Menzies - Records, 1790 - 1794, FM 4/16; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
Powerhouse Museum
- Joseph Banks - Records, 1766 - 1820, ML MSS 2144; Powerhouse Museum. Details
Published resources
Books
- McCarthy, J., Monkey Puzzle Man: Archibald Menzies, Plant Hunter (Caithness : Whittles Publisher [and] Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 2008), 223 pp. Details
- Williams, Glyn, Naturalists at Sea: Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin (New Haven, Connecticut/London: Yale University Press, 2013), 309 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Chan, Chelsea and Demetriades, Andreas K., 'The contributions of James Carmichael Smyth, Archibald Menzies and Robert Jackson to the treatment of typhus in royal naval vessels in the late 18th century', Journal of medical biography, 31 (1) (2023), 4-9. https://doi.org/10.1177/0967772021994560. Details
- Galloway, D. J., 'The extra-European lichen collections of Archibald Menzies MD, FLS (1754-1842)', Edinburgh Journal of Botany, 52 (2) (1995), 95-139. Details
- Galloway, D. J.; and Groves, E. W., 'Archibald Menzies M.D., F.L.S. (1754-1842), aspects of his life, travels and collections', Archives of Natural History, 14 (1) (1987), 3-43. Details
- Groves, Eric W., 'Archibald Menzies's Visit to King George Sound, Western Australia, September-October 1791', Archives of Natural History, 40 (2013), 139-48. Details
- Hull, G., 'Archibald Menzies (1754 - 1842): a respected surgeon/naturalist', Journal of medical biography, 9 (2001), 226-30. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q633378. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/77126425. Details
- 'Menzies, Archibald', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476126. Details
Reviews
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 April 2012
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