Person

Wilkins, John (1826 - 1905)

Born
1826
Pawlett, Somerset, United Kingdom
Died
14 November 1905
Mount Rosskill, New Zealand
Occupation
Medical practitioner

Summary

John Wilkins was a surgeon who established a practice in Williamstown, Melbourne, after arriving in June 1850. Between November 1852 and May 1854 he was appointed to several government offices, including those of Assistant Colonial Surgeon and Coroner for Williamstown. He resigned from these offices in 1865, returning to England for further study in diseases of the eye and throat. Wilkins was back in Melbourne in 1867 and in 1871 established his Self-Supporting Infirmary for the Throat, Chest, Eye and Ear. He was appointed honorary surgeon to the Alfred Hospital on its establishment, also in 1871, and published a number of papers in the Australian medical journal, but his relations with the Medical Society of Victoria were strained. Wilkins moved to New Zealand in 1877, settling in Auckland.

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Chronology

1848
Education - MB, King's College Hospital, London
1849
Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons, England
1850
Life event - Migrated to Victoria
November 1852 - 1865
Career event - Appointed Immigration Officer and Agent Inwards, Williamstown
November 1852 - 1865
Career event - Appointed Assistant Colonial Surgeon, Williamstown, Victoria
February 1853 - 1865
Career event - Appointed Assistant Health Officer, Williamstown
May 1854 - 1865
Career event - Appointed Coroner, Williamstown
1856
Career position - Assistant Surgeon, Victoria Volunteer Artillery Regiment. Williamstown Division
1866
Award - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
1871
Career event - Established Self-Supporting Infirmary for the Throat, Chest, Eye and Ear
1871 - 1876
Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

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