Person
Johnson, Edward Angas (1873 - 1951)
- Born
- 15 January 1873
Angaston, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 19 June 1951
Glenelg, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Naturalist and Physician
Summary
Angas Johnson studies medicine at the University of Adelaide but graduated from the University of Melbourne on 1879. He spent the next three years studying at the Universities of Göttingen and Berlin in Germany, and at several London hospitals. On returning to Adelaide in1902 he was appointed to the Adelaide Hospital where he remained for over 20 years. Johnson was involved in a number of public health organisations, including: the Pure Foods and Drugs, Consumption, and Fever Hospital boards; the Influenza Committee; and the medico-legal panel of the Crown Law Department. He was a member of the Adelaide City Council between 1902 and 1924, when, on being appointed Health Officer to the Council, he was required to resign from his other positions. On several issues he voiced opinions at variance with those of his colleagues, notably on the use of Pasteurella bacteria to control rabbits and the efficacy of immunisation against diphtheria. Johnson was a keen naturalists, serving as President of the Field Naturalists' Section of the Royal Society of South Australia.
Details
Chronology
- ? - 1924
- Career position - Member of the Board, Adelaide Botanic Gardens
- 1897
- Education - MB, University of Melbourne
- 1898
- Career position - House surgeon, Adelaide Children's Hospital
- 1899
- Education - Doctorate in Medicine, University of Göttingen, Germany
- 1900 - 1901
- Education - Studied at Universities of Berlin, Germany; London, King's and St Bartholomew's Hospitals; and London School of Tropical Medicine
- 1902 - 1903
- Career position - Councillor for Hindmarsh, Adelaide City Council
- 1902 - 1904
- Career position - President, Field Naturalists' Section, Royal Society of South Australia
- 1902 - 1909
- Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician, Adelaide Hospital
- 1907 - 1924
- Career position - Councillor for Hindmarsh, Adelaide City Council
- 1909 - 1924
- Career position - Honorary Physician, Adelaide Hospital
- 1911 - 1924
- Career position - Member, Adelaide Board of Health
- 1924 - 1938
- Career position - Health Officer, Adelaide City Council
- 1926 - 1942
- Career position - Honorary sanitary advisor, Adelaide Hospital
Related entries
Archival resources
Adelaide City Council Archives
- Edward Angas Johnson - Records, 1924 - 1938, C 92; Adelaide City Council Archives. Details
State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana
- Edward Angas Johnson - Records, 1928 - 1949, PRG 123; State Library of South Australia, Mortlock Library of South Australiana. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Hughes, J. Escourt, 'Johnson, Edward Angas (1873-1951)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 492-493. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090487b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537039. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/94191876. Details
- 'Johnson, E Angas (1873-1951)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-606921. Details
McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 10 October 2024
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