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Ireland. In 1796 he resigned his position when given the option of returning to
Australia. Earlier in 1796, White was elected a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London, and on 10 March 1797, the Senate of the University of St Andrews conferred the degree of Doctor of Medicine on him. White was a surgeon on HMS
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Australian plants for use as medicine. He observed the olfactory qualities of eucalyptus and distilled
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a convict artist newly arrived to the colony was appointed by the government to assist John White in the production of copies of illustrations of various plants, insects and animals. A portrait of John White, a miniature on ivory, signed by Thomas
Watling and dated "N.S.Wales 1792" was sold at
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was employed as a sketch artist by White to produce natural history drawings as a starting point for development and colouring by other artists. White was the first to describe
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Nelson E.C. (1998). "John White A. M., M. D., F. L. S. (c.1756–1832), Surgeon-General of New South Wales: a new biography of the messenger of the echidna and the waratah".
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Nelson E.C. (1998). "John White A. M., M. D., F. L. S. (c.1756–1832), Surgeon-General of New South Wales: a new biography of the messenger of the echidna and the waratah".
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Nelson E.C. (1987). "From the banks of Erne to Botany Bay: John White (c.1756–1832), Surgeon-General of New South Wales".
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Nelson, E. C. (1986), "The first
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had 65 copper-plate engravings of birds, animals and plants, many of which were based on the water colour paintings of
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Wonderlust: the influence of natural history illustration and ornamentation on perceptions of the exotic in
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735:(Doctor of Philosophy). Australian National University
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874:International Plant Names Index
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896:Britton, Alex R., ed. (1978).
545:Australian National University
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141:Author abbrev. (zoology)
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88:Kingdom of Ireland
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