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KENNETH FITZPATRICK RUSSELL: THE FIRST READER TO THE GORDON CRAIG LIBRARY
Article first published online: 21 JAN 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb02027.x
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Burke, P. F. (1997), KENNETH FITZPATRICK RUSSELL: THE FIRST READER TO THE GORDON CRAIG LIBRARY. Aust. N.Z. J. Surg., 67: 501–507. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1997.tb02027.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 21 JAN 2008
- Article first published online: 21 JAN 2008
- Accepted for publication 20 December 1996.
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Keywords:
- medical scholarship;
- Kenneth Fitzpatrick Russell;
- surgical history.
A review of the life and achievements of Kenneth Fitzpatrick Russell, whose death in his 76th year robbed us of a civilized gentleman who was at the zenith of his creative output, would be a daunting task, if only because of the breadth of his hobbies and interests: art and medical literature; reading; sinology and seal carving; numismatics, medical philately; bookbinding, collecting bookplates; carpentry; metal work, including pewter casting and silversmithing; model ship building and cooking. Yet these various interests were simply a backdrop to his public career at the University of Melbourne and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, where he laid the foundations of an international reputation as scholar and collector.