Scot Skirving, Robert

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World War I
Family name
Scot Skirving
Given name(s)
Robert
Initials
R.S
Gender
Male
Tertiary education
Scot Skirving R.S : Medicine.C.M., 1881, University of EdinburghScot Skirving R.S : Medicine.M.B., 1881, University of EdinburghScot Skirving R.S : Medicine.M.B., 1888, University of Sydney
Birth
Scot Skirving R.S : Life.Birth 18 Dec 1859 - @ East Lothian [ Scotland ]
Military service
Scot Skirving R.S :: Major [ Wingate, England, France ]
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Scot Skirving R.S : House Physician 1881 - Royal Infirmary Edinburgh @ Royal Infirmary : Edinburgh [ Scotland ]Scot Skirving R.S : Superintendent 1 Nov 1883 - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital @ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Scot Skirving R.S : Honorary Physician 1884 - 1889 Hospital For Sick Children @ Hospital For Sick Children : Brisbane [ Qld Australia ]Scot Skirving R.S : Honorary Assistant Physician 1884 - 1889 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital @ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Scot Skirving R.S : Medical Practitioner 1884 - Private Practice @ College Street [ Sydney Australia ]Scot Skirving R.S : Lecturer in Clinical Medicine 1889 - 1911 University of Sydney @ University of Sydney : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Scot Skirving R.S : Honorary Physician 1889 - 1911 Royal Prince Alfred Hospital @ Royal Prince Alfred Hospital : Camperdown [ NSW Australia ]Scot Skirving R.S : Honorary Surgeon 1889 - 1923 St Vincent's Hospital @ St Vincent's Hospital : Darlinghurst [ NSW Australia ]
Professional Association Memberships
Scot Skirving, Robert : British Medical Association NSW BranchScot Skirving, Robert : Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1927Scot Skirving, Robert : Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1938Scot Skirving, Robert : Royal College of Surgeons, England, 1953
Other events
Scot Skirving R.S : Military and health.Enlisted
Death
Scot Skirving R.S : Death 15 Jul 1956 @ Bellevue Hill [ NSW Australia ]
PDF of book entry
SCOT SKIRVING ROBERT.pdf [ file_data/pdfs_from_BOR pdf 18711 ]
OCRd book entry or other narrative
M.B.; M.B., C.M. (Edin.), F.R.A.C.S., F.R.A.C.P. : Major, R.A.M.C., B.E.F., England and France. Being in England at the outbreak of War, served three months in charge of Auxiliary Hospital in Essex and as Surgical Specialist at Census Hospital, Millbank, London, from January, 1916, to 1918. Then was sent on a mission to inspect Australian Hospitals in the North of France, returning to Australia in January, 1919. A.M.F. : Hon. Major A.A.M.C. South African War : Consulting Surgeon, N.S.W. Forces, 1900-01. Hon. Consulting Physician, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Hon. Consulting Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital. Educated at Edinburgh, Dublin and Vienna.
Documents
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Publications
Scot Skirving published extensively on medical and more general subjects in the Australian Medical Gazette and the Medical Journal of Australia, including his reminiscences of his voyages to Australia. Widely read, with a poetic turn of phrase and an evident love of the English language, he entertained Robert Louis Stevenson (whose works he admired) and wrote a novel, Love and Longitude (1901) - ADB
ADB Entry ID
8448
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