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Turner, Alfred Jefferis (1861 - 1947) |
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| Paediatrician and Entomologist | |
| Born: 3 October 1861 Canton, Guangdong, China. Died: 29 December 1947 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. | |
| Alfred Jefferis Turner established the first infant welfare clinic in Queensland in 1909. He also introduced diphtheria anti-toxin in 1895 and made the notification of tuberculosis compulsory in 1904. In his spare time he was a keen entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera and named 450 new genera and four new families. |
Career Highlights |
| Born 3 October 1861. Died 29 December 1947. Educated University of London (MB 1884, MD 1886). Cambridge Diploma in Public Health 1901. Arrived Australia 1888, first resident surgeon, Hospital for Sick children, Brisbane 1889-93, honorary visiting physician and private practice from 1893, visiting medical officer, Diamantina Hospital for Chronic Diseases from 1904, Royal Army Medical Corps 1916-18, director, Central Tuberculosis Clinic from 1927, first (part-tiem) director of infant welfare 1926-37. President, Queensland branch, British Medical Asociation 1904, President, Entomological Society of Queensland 1930. Bequeathed his collection of over 50,000 moths to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. |
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