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

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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

Resources

McCarthy, G.J. and Helen Cohn

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