Person
Alleyne, Haynes Gibbes (1814 - 1882)
- Born
- 14 October 1814
Barbados - Died
- 9 September 1882
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Ichthyologist and Medical practitioner
Summary
Haynes Alleyne was a medical practitioner whose early, adventurous career included agricultural pursuits in New South Wales (which ended in bankruptcy) and participation in the Māori wars in New Zealand. Having completed his medical studies in Edinburgh, he returned to New South Wales in 1848. While maintaining a private practice, from 1855 he held honorary positions at the Sydney Hospital until his death. The first of his government appointments was that of Medical Officer for Port Jackson: in effect, quarantine officer, which involved medical inspection of immigrant ships and participation in efforts to control epidemic diseases including smallpox. Other appointments included membership of the Medical and Pharmacy Boards and the Board of Visitors to Lunatic Asylums. Alleyne was a founding Member of Council of the Australian Medical Association and, from 1867, Examiner in Medicine at the University of Sydney. His wider scientific pursuits included active participation in the Linnean Society of New South Wales and as a Trustee of the Australian Museum. Alleyne was noted for his knowledge of fishes.
Details
Chronology
- 1838
- Education - Licentiate, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
- 1839
- Life event - Migrated to Sydney
- 1846
- Education - MD, University of Edinburgh
- 1848
- Lecture - Established private practice in Sydney
- 1852 - 1882
- Career position - Member, Immigration Board, New South Wales
- 1852 - 1882
- Career position - Medical Officer at Port Jackson
- 1854 - 1877
- Career position - Member, Medical Board, New South Wales
- 1855 - 1875
- Career position - Honorary Physician, Sydney Hospital
- August 1856
- Career event - Joined Philosophical Society of New South Wales
- 1859 - ?
- Career position - Member of Council, Medico-Chirurgical Association of Australia
- 1862 - 1876
- Career position - Honorary member, Government Benevolent Asylums Board for the Infirm and Destitute
- 1867 - 1882
- Career position - Examiner in Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1875 - 1882
- Career position - Honorary Consultant, Sydney Hospital
- 1877 - 1881
- Career position - President, Pharmacy Board, New South Wales
- 1877 - 1882
- Career position - President, Medical Board, New South Wales
- 1879 - 1880
- Career position - Chairman, Immigration Board, New South Wales
- 1880 - 1882
- Career position - Trustee, Australian Museum
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Refshauge, Richard, 'Alleyne, Haynes Gibbes (1815? - 1882), medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography volume 3: 1851 - 1890 A-C, Douglas Pike, ed. (Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1969), pp. 26-7, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/alleyne-haynes-gibbes-2879. Details
Journal Articles
- Alleyne, Haynes Gibbes and Macleay, William, 'The ichthyology of the Chevert Expedition', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 1 (1877), 261-8, 321-59. Details
See also
- Dunlop, N. J., 'An essay relating chiefly to anaesthetics and their introduction to Australia and Tasmania', Medical journal of Australia, 1 (5) (1927), 141-52. Details
- Potter, W. L., 'Anaesthetics in Australian in the early days', Medical journal of Australia, 2 (23) (1938), 940-50. 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
- Watson, J. Frederick, The History of the Sydney Hospital from 1811 to 1911 (Sydney: Government Printer, 1911), 212 pp. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 17 April 2025