Smith, F. B. (Francis Barrymore), 1932-2015
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Fuller Name
- Francis Barrymore
Variants
- Smith, Francis Barrymore
- Smith, Francis Barrymore, 1932-2015
- Smith, Barry, 1932-2015
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1932-05-16
Death Date
- 2015-03-03
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Address:
- Email: [email protected]
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1959
- Affiliation End: 1966
- Organization: Trinity College (University of Cambridge)
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Dandenong High School
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation End: 1949
- Organization: University of Melbourne
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1966
- Affiliation End: 1997
- Organization: Australian National University. Research School of Social Sciences
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1971
- Affiliation End: 2015
- Organization: Australian Academy of the Humanities
Birth Place
- Melbourne (Vic.)
Birth Place
- Hughesdale (Vic.)
Associated Locale
- Oakleigh (Vic.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
Social history of health and medicine
Occupation
Professor
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Earlier Established Forms
- Smith, Francis Barrymore
Sources
- found: Historical studies : selected articles, 1964:(published by Melbourne University Press)
- found: His Florence Nightingale, 1982:CIP t.p. (F.B. Smith)
- found: Phone call to publisher 11-6-81(F.B. Smith; b. 5-16-32)
- found: Australian Academy of Humanities website, March 9, 2022:Annual report 2014-2015 (Francis Barrymore (Barry) Smith; born May 16, 1932 in Hughesdale, a suburb of Melbourne; died March 3, 2015 died in Canberra after a long illness; grew up in Oakleigh; graduated from Dandenong High School; graduated from the University of Melbourne (1949-1956); attended Trinity College Cambridge (beginning in 1959) (thesis: The making of the Second Reform Bill (1966)) ; became a professor of British literature at the University of Melbourne in 1962; became affiliated with the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University (ANU) in 1966; distinguished historian of modern Britain and Australia, making original contributions to the history of politics and culture, and especially to the social history of health and medicine, a field he pioneered; founder of the journal Australian Cultural History; elected to the Australian Academy of the Humanities (1971) and became secretary in 1974; author and editor of several works including Radical artisan (1973), The people's health, 1830-1910 (1979), The conscription plebiscites in Australia 1916-17 (1965), The retreat of tuberculosis, and Florence Nightingale : reputation and power (1982); editor of the journal Historical studies; wrote a chapter to the official history of Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War on the health effects of the chemical Agent Orange; wrote essays on typhoid, alcoholism, diphtheria, venereal disease, Russian influenza and in his last book on illness in colonial Australia; co-edited a volume on the intellectual responses to the 1848 revolution; wrote entries for the Australian Dictionary of Biography; contributed a memorable chapter, Sunday Matters, to Volume 4, Australians 1938 of the Bicentennial History of Australia, Australians, a historical library (1987); [email protected]) - http://humanities.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/AAH-Obit-Smith-2015.pdf
- found: Legacy website, March 9, 2022:obituary from The Canberra Times on March 7, 2015 (Francis Barrymore (Barry) Smith; born May 16, 1932; died March 3, 2015; historian) - https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/canberratimes-au/174329616 - https://humanities.org.au/contact-us/
- found: Australian National University website, March 9, 2022:(Francis Barrymore Smith; Dr. F. B. Smith; master's from the University of Melbourne; Ph.D., University of Cambridge (August 22, 1966); professor emeritus; affiliated 1966-1997) - https://services.anu.edu.au/human-resources/achieve-recognise/emeritus-professors - https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/14853/1/ANUCalendar1968.pdf
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Change Notes
- 1982-02-08: new
- 2022-04-12: revised
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