Person

Crowther, Edward Lodewyk (1843 - 1931)

Born: 3 October 1843
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Died: 9 August 1931
Oyster Cove, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation: Surgeon and Horticulturist

Summary

Edward Crowther, the son of W.L. Crowther, established his medical practice in Hobart in 1875. He made several prospecting expeditions to north-eastern Tasmania with little success but had extensive glass houses at his home in Hobart.

Children

Crowther, William Edward Lodewyk H. (1887 - 1981)

Parent

Crowther, William Lodewyk (1817 - 1885)

Archival resources

Archives Office of Tasmania

Edward Lodewyk Crowther - Records, 1843 - 1931, CSO 7/23/127; Archives Office of Tasmania. Details

Published resources

Books

Pybus, Cassandra, A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2024), 318 pp. https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Cassandra-Pybus-Very-Secret-Trade-9781761066344. Pages 221-223, 232-233, 240-243, 246, 247, 280. Details

Journal Articles

Crowther, W.E.L., 'Aspects of the Life of a Colonial Surgeon: the Honourable W.L. Crowther, FRCS, CMZS., Sometime Premier of Tasmania', Medical Journal of Australia (1942), 770-773. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16029898. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/95122675. Details
'Crowther, Edward Lodewyk (1843-1931)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1456051. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 11 January 2022

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