Person

Smith, John McGarvie (1844 - 1918)

Born
8 February 1844
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died
6 September 1918
Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Bacteriologist and Metallurgist

Summary

John McGarvie Smith developed an anthrax vaccine that gave protection with a single inoculation and donated the secret of this discovery to the New South Wales Government in 1918. The McGarvie Smith Institute was then set up to manufacture the vaccine.

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Chronology

1888
Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science

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Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

  • John McGarvie Smith - Records, 1918 - 1965, ML MSS 2411; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

  • Collins, David, Chemistry in 19th Australia - Select Bibliography, An exhibition of the Encyclopedia circa 2005 with assistance from Ailie Smith and Gavan McCarthy., eScholarship Research Centre (original publisher), Melbourne, 2009, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/ciab/ciab_ALL.html. Details

Book Sections

  • Peterson, Kamoya, 'Smith, John McGarvie (1844-1918), Jeweller, Metallurgist and Bacteriologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 652-653. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110672b.htm. Details

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See also

  • Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details

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