Person
Aaron, Isaac (1804 - 1877)
- Born
- 1804
Birmingham, England - Died
- 1877
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Isaac Aaron was a medical practitioner and sanitarian, who migrated to Australia from England in 1838. He was a keen editor who worked on and later owned the short-lived "Australian Medical Journal" (Sydney). He was also one of the founders and editors of the "New South Wales Medical Gazette". Isaac Aaron was a key instigator in reviving the Australian Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Science, Commerce and Agriculture as the Philosophical Society of New South Wales.
Details
Chronology
- c. 1820
- Education - Educated at St Bartholomew's Hospital (LSA)
- 1827
- Career position - Member, Royal College of Surgeons in London (MRCS)
- 1838
- Life event - Arrived in Australia (Raymond Terrace, New South Wales)
- June 1856
- Career event - Founding Member, Philosophical Society of New South Wales
- 1857 - 1859
- Career position - Health Officer in Sydney
- 1870 - 1875
- Career position - Joint Founder and co-editor of the New South Wales Medical Gazette
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- 'Aaron, Isaac (1804-1877), medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), p. 1. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/aaron-isaac-1. Details
Journal Articles
- McIntosh, A.M., 'Dr Isaac Aaron', The Medical Journal of Australia (1957), 495-498. Details
- Paull, John D., 'The Role of Dr Isaac Aaron and the Australian Medical Journal in the Dissemination of Information About Etherisation in the 1840s', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 41 (4 supp.) (2013), 10-5. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15994254. Details
- 'Aaron, Isaac (1804-1877)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465747. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 1 May 2025