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Professor Archibald Watson [B 6681] • Photograph

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Summary

Professor Archibald Watson, after a portrait by W.B.McInnes. He was born in Tarcutta in New South Wales and in his early years he was guilty of piracy and blackbirding in Fiji. However he was encouraged to study medicine by Baron Ferdinand von Mueller. He was appointed as the first Elder Professor of Anatomy at the newly founded Medical School at the University of Adelaide and continued in this role for 34 years. He left the University chair and travelled extensively, also collecting marine specimens. He died on Thursday Island, unmarried.

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Physical description

Photograph; 18.1 cm x 16.0 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1925

Artist

McInnes, W. B

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Watson, Archibald, 1849-1940

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Digitisation information

Date

19/09/2005

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image/tiff

Resolution

2,716 x 3,119 pixels (8.5 MP)

Size

8.50 MB

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