Person
Watson, James Frederick William (1878 - 1945)
- Born
- 27 June 1878
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 22 January 1945
Vaucluse, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and Historian
Summary
James Watson began his working life as a medical practitioner. In a career change he became editor of "Historical Records of New South Wales" from 1912-1925. He urged the establishment of government archives offices at State and national levels.
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Chronology
- 1903
- Career position - Resident Surgeon at Toowoomba Hospital in Queensland
- 1903
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney
- 1903 - 1905
- Career position - Assistant Medical Superintendent at the Hospital for the Insane in Toowoomba
- 1906 - 1908
- Career position - Formed a partnership with surgeon Sir Neville Howse in Orange, New South Wales
- 1909
- Education - Studied X-rays and other techniques in Europe
- c. 1910 - c. 1911
- Career position - Private practice in Macquarie Street, Sydney
- 1912
- Career position - Honorary Acting Principal Librarian at the Public Library of New South Wales
- 1912 - 1925
- Career position - Editor of Historical Records of New South Wales
- 1927
- Career position - A Brief History of Canberra published
- 1927 - 1940
- Career position - Worked as a writer in Canberra
Published resources
Books
- Watson, J. Frederick, The History of the Sydney Hospital from 1811 to 1911 (Sydney: Government Printer, 1911), 212 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Mitchell, Ann M., 'Watson, James Frederick William (1878-1945), editor, historian and medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 398-399. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/watson-james-frederick-william-9001. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24002856. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/16000308. Details
- 'Watson, James Frederick (18780627-19450122)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468386. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 2 March 2018