Person
Greenup, Richard (1803 - 1866)
- Born
- 15 March 1803
Darcy Hay near Halifax, Yorkshire, United Kingdom - Died
- 17 July 1866
Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Medical practitioner
Summary
Richard Greenup was a medical practitioner involved in the treatment of asylum patients in Wiltshire, United Kingdom, before coming to New South Wales in 1850. In 1852 he was appointed as the second Medical Superintendent of the Lunatic and Invalid Establishment in Parramatta, one of the earliest such hospital in Australia. Here he introduced various reforms, promoting exercise for the patients and encouraging the men to engage in gardening and maintenance. He advocated changing the management of asylums to the system prevailing in the United Kingdom, of boards and official visitors. Greenup was also medical officer to a number of other organisations in Parramatta, including the gaol, the Protestant Orphan School, and the Parramatta Rifle Corps. In 1851 he was involved in the establishment of the University of Sydney, initially as Secretary and later as treasurer and registrar. Greenup died in 1866 from stab wounds inflicted by an inmate.
Details
Chronology
- 1831
- Education - MA, Queen's College, University of Cambridge
- 1836
- Education - MD, Queen's College, University of Cambridge
- 1836 - 1837
- Career position - In private practice, Salisbury, United Kingdom
- 1837 - 1847
- Career position - Visiting physician to asylums in north Wiltshire, United Kingdom
- April 1850
- Life event - Arrived in Sydney
- 1851
- Career position - Secretary, University of Sydney
- 1852 - 1866
- Career position - Medical Superintendent, Lunatic and Invalid Establishment, Parramatta
- 1856
- Career position - Examiner in medicine, University of Sydney
- 1858
- Career position - Examiner in chemistry and experimental physics, University of Sydney
- 1859
- Career position - Visiting justice, Parramatta Gaol
- 1861 - 1866?
- Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Parramatta Rifle Corps
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Phillips, Nan, 'Greenup, Richard (1803 - 1866), medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J, Douglas Pike, ed. (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1972), pp. 290-1. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/greenup-richard-3659/text5709. Details
Journal Articles
- Brakoulias, Vlasios, Buxton, Megan, McDonald, Tracy, White, Richard T. and De Moore, Gregory, 'A pioneer in the management of Australian psychiatric services: Dr Richard Greenup (1803 - 1866)', Australasian psychiatry, 32 (2) (2023), 143-6. https://doi.org/10.1177/10398562231199574. Details
See also
- Brown, Keith Macarthur, Medical practice in old Parramatta : an historical review of the village doctoring in the colony of New South Wales (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1937), 136 pp. Details
- The University of Sydney School of Medicine online museum, Dramatis personae - Examiners: the Examiners other than those who were Fellows of Senate, Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive, University of Sydney, Sydney, 2024. https://www.sydney.edu.au/medicine/museum/mwmuseum/index.php/Dramatis_Personae_-_Examiners. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 29 August 2024