Person

Cunningham, Peter Miller (1789 - 1864)

Born: November 1789
Dalswinton, Scotland
Died: 6 March 1864
Greenwich, England
Occupation: Naval officer and Surgeon

Summary

Peter Cunningham was a naval surgeon, author, agriculturalist and scientist. He was surgeon on convict transports to New South Wales 1819-1828 and published a series of letters outlining the state of society in New South Wales.

Details

Born at Dalswinton near Dumfries, Scotland. Educated University of Edinburgh (medicine). Entered the Navy as assistant surgeon, becoming later surgeon, and then surgeon-superintendent in convict transports when he made five trips to New South Wales between 1819 and 1828. Was granted land in the Upper Hunter River in 1826. Returned to England in 1830.

Published resources

Book Sections

Fitzhardinge, L. F., 'Cunningham, Peter Miller (1789-1864)' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 1: 1788 - 1850 A-H, Douglas Pike, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1966), pp. 267-268. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A010256b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7175893. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/64382732. Details
'Cunningham, P (17881101-18640306)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-635236. Details

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