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William Richard Cortis
Family Name:	Cortis	Variant Spellings:
Given Names:	William Richard
DOB	1847	DOD	5 January 1909
Place of Birth:	Yorkshire, England	Place of Death:	Perth WA
Age at Death:
School:		University:
Qualifications:	LRCP 1868 MRCSE 1868 LSA 1868	Speciality:
Other Occupations:	Parliamentarian Mayor
Spouse:	Mary Julia d.1871 Tambaroora, NSW aged 23 Florence Fyans m.1873 Melbourne, Vic
Children:
Voyages:	Possibly "Royal Standard dep. London for Melbourne 12 August 1869 (wrecked off the Brazilian coast 11 September 1869) Unknown voyage from England to New South Wales 1870 or 1871
Came out as:
Date Settled Aus:	by 1871	Date of Departure:
First Registered:	1871 NSW	Off Register:
Addresses:	London, England 1868 (Medical Register) Tambaroora, NSW 1871-1873 (Medical Register) Bathurst, NSW 1874-1891 (Medical Register) Sydney, NSW 1892 (Bruck) Cowra, NSW 1893-1898 (newspapers) Bathurst 1899 South Africa 1900-1901 (Bruck, war service) Derby, WA 1906 (West Australian) Kookynie, WA 1908 (West Australian) Perth,WA 1909 (West Australian)
Positions Held:	House Surgeon, Guy's Hospital (Bruck) Resident Clinical Assistant Royal Bethlehem Hospital (Bruck) Medical Officer, Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum (Bruck) Honorary Medical Officer, Bathurst Hospital Mayor of Bathurst 1886 MLA for Bathurst 1887-1889 (NSW Parliament website) Honorary Medical Officer, Cowra Hospital (West Australian) Captain, AAMC 1900-1901 Resident Medical Officer Derby (West Australian) Resident Medical Officer Kookynie 1908 (West Australian)
Publications:	Principles of Chemistry by Alfred Naquet, translated by William Cortis. London, 1868
Notes:	Served Boer War Reported to be an excellent amateur jockey, shooter and swimmer (Evening News) A Dr. Cortis was among the passengers of the "Royal Standard" and was not on the casualty list following the wreck. He may have returned to England rather than go on to Melbourne at that stage
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References:	New South Wales Medical Board. Register of Medical Practitioners for 1872 [registered 3 July 1871 Tambaroora, LRCP 1868 LSA 1868 MRCS 1868] Medical register. General Council of Medical Education and Registration UK 1871 [William Richard Cortis registered 17 September 1868 London LRCP MRCS LSA 1868] Bruck L. Australasian Medical Directory and Handbook, 1883 1886 [Honorary Surgeon Bathurst Hospital, lists former positions] 1892 [address Sydney] 1900 [of Bathurst, absent in South Africa] Medical Directory (UK) 1873 [at Tambaroora, NSW, translator of Naquet's Principles of Chemistry] Parliament of New South Wales website [born Yorkshire 1847 died 5 January 1909 Perth WA, MLA for Bathurst 1887-1889] Royal Standard. Leader (Melbourne) 24 December 1869 [bound for Melbourne from London wrecked off coast of Brazil, Dr. Cortis a passenger] [is this him?] Deaths. Sydney Morning Herald 1 December 1871 [at Tambaroora, Mary Julia beloved wife of Dr. W. R. Cortis aged 23 years] Marriages. Sydney Morning Herald 24 February 1873 [at St. Kilda, Melbourne, William Richard Cortis LRCP of Bathurst to Florence Fyans, daughter of the late Captain Fyans] Country news. Sydney Morning Herald 23 January 1893 [Dr. Cortis at Cowra] Cowra. National Advocate (Bathurst) 10 October 1898 [resignation of Dr. Cortis, Honorary Surgeon at the hospital, as he is moving to Bathurst] Dr. W. R. Cortis. Evening News (Sydney) 15 January 1875 [Captain AMC, Mayor of Bathurst 1886 MLA 1887, amateur jockey, formerly Private 7th Surrey Rifles, swimmer - portrait] Country items. Sydney Mail 2 February 1901 [Captain Dr. W. R. Cortis NSWAMC returning to the front from Bathurst] An aboriginal outrage. West Australian 28 August 1906 [report from Dr. Cortis at Derby] Obituary. Australasian Medical Gazette 1909 Death of Dr. Cortis. West Australian 6 January 1909 [over 60, surgeon, legislator, soldier, magistrate etc]
Portraits:	Parliament of New South Wales website
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	last updated 19-05-2019