| Authorised form of name | Stirling; Sir; Edward Charles (1848 - 1919) |
| Dates | 1848 - 1919 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Place of birth | Strathalbyn, South Australia |
| Date of birth | 08 September 1848 |
| Date of death | 20/03/1919 |
| Research field | Physiology |
| Anthropology |
| Activity | Education:
Collegiate School of St Peter, Adelaide; Trinity College, Cambridge. MB (1874); MD (1880); DSc (1910)
Career:
Lecturer in Physiology and Operative Surgery, St George's Hospital, London; Lecturer in Physiology (1882), later first Professor of Physiology (1900) University of Adelaide; represented North Adelaide in the House of Assembly (1884-1887); Honorary Director (1889-1894), then Director (1895-1912), South Australian Museum; foundation President, State Children's Council
Honours:
CMG 1893; Kt 1917
Memberships:
FRCS; CMZS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 01/06/1893 |
| Relationships | Married (1877) Jane Gilbert; five daughters |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; AE
References:
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/92044242 |
| Code | NA2855 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| NLB/8/456 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Edward Charles Stirling, Fellow of the Royal Society | 31 October 1893 |
| NLB/14/338 | Copy letter from an unknown correspondent, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 20 February 1897 |
| NLB/56/618 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Messrs Harrison & Son] | 28 March 1919 |
| NLB/57/28 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir W [Walter] Baldwin Spencer, FRS | 4 July 1919 |
| EC/1893/12 | Stirling, Sir Edward Charles: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| CD/99/7 | Incomplete letter from [Edward Charles Stirling], The University, Adelaide, South Australia, to [William Henry] Bragg | 3 July 1912 |
| MC/16/54 | Letter from [Edward Charles] Stirling, The University of Adelaide, South Australia, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 8 July 1893 |
| MC/16 | Volume 16 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1893-1896 |