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== Early life and education == |
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Julian Smith was born on 5 December 1873 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, the son of Rose Amelia Smith (née Pooley) and Julian Augustus James Smith, master mariner. His family migrated to [[Adelaide]], Australia three years later. He was educated at [[Prince Alfred College]] and the [[University of Adelaide]] where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in 1892 and on graduation taught at his former school, returning to University to study medicine from 1893. He rowed in the winning Adelaide university crew in 1895-96. However a mass resignation of all honorary physicians and surgeons due to disagreement between the board of management of the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital and the government ceased clinical instruction, so that in 1897 Smith and seventeen other students had to move to Melbourne to complete their studies, and there he rowed in and coached the Ormond College rowing crew 1897-98. Smith graduated with M.B. in 1898 and B.S. in 1899 at the top of his year, with exhibitions. He was made senior resident medical officer at (Royal) Melbourne Hospital, and was interim medical superintendent. He obtained his M.D. (Melbourne) in 1901 followed by the M.S. (Adelaide) in 1908.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=K. F. |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=Melbourne University Press |year=1988 |volume=11 |location=Melbourne |language=en |chapter=Smith, Julian Augustus (1873–1947)'}}</ref> |
Julian Smith was born on 5 December 1873 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, the son of Rose Amelia Smith (née Pooley) and Julian Augustus James Smith, master mariner. His family migrated to [[Adelaide]], Australia three years later. He was educated at [[Prince Alfred College]] and the [[University of Adelaide]] where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in 1892 and on graduation taught at his former school, returning to University to study medicine from 1893. He rowed in the winning Adelaide university crew in 1895-96. However a mass resignation of all honorary physicians and surgeons due to disagreement between the board of management of the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital and the government ceased clinical instruction, so that in 1897 Smith and seventeen other students had to move to Melbourne to complete their studies, and there he rowed in and coached the [[Ormond College]] rowing crew 1897-98. Smith graduated with M.B. in 1898 and B.S. in 1899 at the top of his year, with exhibitions. He was made senior resident medical officer at the [[Royal Melbourne Hospital|(Royal) Melbourne Hospital]], and was interim medical superintendent. He obtained his M.D. (Melbourne) in 1901 followed by the M.S. (Adelaide) in 1908.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Russell |first=K. F. |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography |publisher=Melbourne University Press |year=1988 |volume=11 |location=Melbourne |language=en |chapter=Smith, Julian Augustus (1873–1947)'}}</ref> |
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== Surgeon == |
== Surgeon == |
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Smith and Edith Reynolds married at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne on 24 September 1901 and he began general practice at [[Morwell]], Gippsland. In 1905 he was a junior partner in the Melbourne surgical practice of Frederic Bird. In 1906 he returned to England to [[St Mary's Hospital, London|St Mary's Hospital]], London, working in vaccines and vaccine therapy. Two years later Smith joined the honorary surgical staff of [[St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne|St Vincent's Hospital]], Melbourne, and influenced its recognition as a clinical school of the |
Smith and Edith Reynolds married at [[St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne]] on 24 September 1901 and he began general practice at [[Morwell]], Gippsland. In 1905 he was a junior partner in the Melbourne surgical practice of Frederic Bird. In 1906 he returned to England to [[St Mary's Hospital, London|St Mary's Hospital]], London, working in vaccines and vaccine therapy. Two years later Smith joined the honorary surgical staff of [[St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne|St Vincent's Hospital]], Melbourne, and influenced its recognition as a clinical school of the University in 1909. He successfully established rooms at 59 [[Collins Street, Melbourne|Collins Street]] and in 1927 he became a foundation fellow of the (Royal) Australasian College of Surgeons. He retired from St Vincents and was appointed consulting surgeon in 1929. In 1936 he retired from practice, but in [[World War II]] returned to surgery. From his interests in [[Hematology|haematology]], he made the prototypes of a pump for transfusing blood direct from donor to patient, and devised a machine for sharpening and polishing transfusion and other needles, both inventions advanced surgical treatment. As a member of the British Medical Association in 1901-36 he promulgated views on surgery, particularly on diseases of the urinary tract, at branch meetings and his research in [[urology]] and [[Transfusion medicine|transfusion]] was published in the ''[[Medical Journal of Australia]].<ref name=":0" />'' |
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== Photographer == |
== Photographer == |
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Known as a distinguished surgeon in Melbourne, Smith |
Known as a distinguished surgeon in Melbourne, Smith achieved a parallel career as an eminent photographer when, having taken up the medium in the 1920s, he devoted his time to it in his late forties, specialising in portraiture which he exhibited locally and internationally. He established the Victorian Photographic Salon as a founding member in 1929. In 1946 the ''[[Australasian Photo-Review|Australasian Photo-review]]'' paid tribute to him; <blockquote>"It is safe to assume that every Australian photographer is familiar with the work of Dr. Julian Smith His artistic genius, his technical skill and his versatility are famous, not only in Australia, but throughout the whole world of pictorial photography."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=H.S.L. |first= |date=1 November 1946 |title=The Recent Portrait Work of Dr. Julian Smith, F.R.P.S. |journal=Australasian photo-review.Vol. 53 No. 11 () |volume=53 |issue=11 |pages=523}}</ref></blockquote>He was elected an honorary fellow of the [[Royal Photographic Society|Royal Photographic Society.]] In his early history of the medium in Australia [[Jack Cato]] asserted that Smith "had no superior in any part of the world".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cato |first=Jack |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/story-of-the-camera-in-australia/oclc/977124927 |title=The story of the camera in Australia |date=1977 |publisher=Institute of Australian Photographers |isbn=978-0-9596839-0-5 |location=Melbourne |page=157 |language=English |oclc=977124927}}</ref> His portraits are in an outmoded [[Pictorialism|Pictorialist]] style,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Van Wyk |first=Susan |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/paris-end-photography-fashion-glamour/oclc/995540139 |title=The Paris end: photography, fashion & glamour |last2=Shmith |first2=Michael |last3=Whitfield |first3=Danielle |last4=National Gallery of Victoria |date=2006 |publisher=National Gallery of Victoria |isbn=978-0-7241-0271-6 |edition=1st |location=Melbourne |pages=56 |language=English |oclc=995540139}}</ref> artistically lit and printied, and with orchestrated, sometimes melodramatic, poses.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bunbury |first=Alisa |url=https://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=6417740 |title=Pride of place: exploring the Grimwade collection |date=2020 |isbn=978-0-522-87639-0 |pages=26 |language=English |oclc=1225623501}}</ref><blockquote>"Dr Julian Smith is represented by four of his capable portrait studies perhaps character studies would be a more apt description. He uses emphasis of lighting in a dramatic way, and thus heightens the drama already suggested by the disposition of the model."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 July 1933 |title=Review of the Victorian Salon of Photography |journal=Australasian Photo-Review |volume=40 |issue=6}}</ref></blockquote> |
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== Legacy == |
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Smith died of cancer on 13 November 1947 at his [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]] home and was cremated with [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] rites.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 November 1947 |title=Obituary : Dr. Julian Smith |pages=2 |work=Advocate |publication-place=Burnie, Tasmania |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5815791}}</ref> His wife, two sons and daughter survived him. Posthumously, [[Kodak]] published a portfolio of Smith's portraits, ''Fifty Masterpieces of Photography''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Julian Augustus Romaine |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/fifty-masterpieces-of-photography-containing-some-of-the-last-and-finest-works-of-this-internationally-famous-master/oclc/5857259 |title=Fifty masterpieces of photography: containing some of the last and finest works of this internationally-famous master |last2=Grimwade |first2=Russell |date=1948 |publisher=Reproduced in facsimile by McLaren |location=Victoria, Australia |language=English |oclc=5857259}}</ref> |
Smith died of cancer on 13 November 1947 at his [[East Melbourne, Victoria|East Melbourne]] home and was cremated with [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] rites.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 November 1947 |title=Obituary : Dr. Julian Smith |pages=2 |work=Advocate |publication-place=Burnie, Tasmania |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page5815791}}</ref> His wife, two sons and daughter survived him. Posthumously, [[Kodak]] published a portfolio of Smith's portraits, ''Fifty Masterpieces of Photography''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Julian Augustus Romaine |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/fifty-masterpieces-of-photography-containing-some-of-the-last-and-finest-works-of-this-internationally-famous-master/oclc/5857259 |title=Fifty masterpieces of photography: containing some of the last and finest works of this internationally-famous master |last2=Grimwade |first2=Russell |date=1948 |publisher=Reproduced in facsimile by McLaren |location=Victoria, Australia |language=English |oclc=5857259}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:39, 22 June 2022
Julian Augustus Romaine Smith, B. Sc., M.D., F.R.A.C.S., Hon. F.R.P.S. (1873-1947), was a British-Australian surgeon and photographer
Early life and education
Julian Smith was born on 5 December 1873 in Camberwell, Surrey, England, the son of Rose Amelia Smith (née Pooley) and Julian Augustus James Smith, master mariner. His family migrated to Adelaide, Australia three years later. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in 1892 and on graduation taught at his former school, returning to University to study medicine from 1893. He rowed in the winning Adelaide university crew in 1895-96. However a mass resignation of all honorary physicians and surgeons due to disagreement between the board of management of the (Royal) Adelaide Hospital and the government ceased clinical instruction, so that in 1897 Smith and seventeen other students had to move to Melbourne to complete their studies, and there he rowed in and coached the Ormond College rowing crew 1897-98. Smith graduated with M.B. in 1898 and B.S. in 1899 at the top of his year, with exhibitions. He was made senior resident medical officer at the (Royal) Melbourne Hospital, and was interim medical superintendent. He obtained his M.D. (Melbourne) in 1901 followed by the M.S. (Adelaide) in 1908.[1]
Surgeon
Smith and Edith Reynolds married at St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne on 24 September 1901 and he began general practice at Morwell, Gippsland. In 1905 he was a junior partner in the Melbourne surgical practice of Frederic Bird. In 1906 he returned to England to St Mary's Hospital, London, working in vaccines and vaccine therapy. Two years later Smith joined the honorary surgical staff of St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, and influenced its recognition as a clinical school of the University in 1909. He successfully established rooms at 59 Collins Street and in 1927 he became a foundation fellow of the (Royal) Australasian College of Surgeons. He retired from St Vincents and was appointed consulting surgeon in 1929. In 1936 he retired from practice, but in World War II returned to surgery. From his interests in haematology, he made the prototypes of a pump for transfusing blood direct from donor to patient, and devised a machine for sharpening and polishing transfusion and other needles, both inventions advanced surgical treatment. As a member of the British Medical Association in 1901-36 he promulgated views on surgery, particularly on diseases of the urinary tract, at branch meetings and his research in urology and transfusion was published in the Medical Journal of Australia.[1]
Photographer
Known as a distinguished surgeon in Melbourne, Smith achieved a parallel career as an eminent photographer when, having taken up the medium in the 1920s, he devoted his time to it in his late forties, specialising in portraiture which he exhibited locally and internationally. He established the Victorian Photographic Salon as a founding member in 1929. In 1946 the Australasian Photo-review paid tribute to him;
"It is safe to assume that every Australian photographer is familiar with the work of Dr. Julian Smith His artistic genius, his technical skill and his versatility are famous, not only in Australia, but throughout the whole world of pictorial photography."[2]
He was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. In his early history of the medium in Australia Jack Cato asserted that Smith "had no superior in any part of the world".[3] His portraits are in an outmoded Pictorialist style,[4] artistically lit and printied, and with orchestrated, sometimes melodramatic, poses.[5]
"Dr Julian Smith is represented by four of his capable portrait studies perhaps character studies would be a more apt description. He uses emphasis of lighting in a dramatic way, and thus heightens the drama already suggested by the disposition of the model."[6]
Legacy
Smith died of cancer on 13 November 1947 at his East Melbourne home and was cremated with Anglican rites.[7] His wife, two sons and daughter survived him. Posthumously, Kodak published a portfolio of Smith's portraits, Fifty Masterpieces of Photography.[8]
Exhibitions
Posthumous
- 1948, 5–23 April: The Dr. Julian Smith Memorial Collection, Kodak Salon Galleries, 386 George Street, Sydney[9]
- 1958, September to November: The Memorial Exhibition of Character Portrait Studies by the late Dr Julian Smith, The Kodak Galleries, Sep - Nov 1958[10]
References
- ^ a b Russell, K. F. (1988). "Smith, Julian Augustus (1873–1947)'". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press.
- ^ H.S.L. (1 November 1946). "The Recent Portrait Work of Dr. Julian Smith, F.R.P.S.". Australasian photo-review.Vol. 53 No. 11 (). 53 (11): 523.
- ^ Cato, Jack (1977). The story of the camera in Australia. Melbourne: Institute of Australian Photographers. p. 157. ISBN 978-0-9596839-0-5. OCLC 977124927.
- ^ Van Wyk, Susan; Shmith, Michael; Whitfield, Danielle; National Gallery of Victoria (2006). The Paris end: photography, fashion & glamour (1st ed.). Melbourne: National Gallery of Victoria. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-7241-0271-6. OCLC 995540139.
- ^ Bunbury, Alisa (2020). Pride of place: exploring the Grimwade collection. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-522-87639-0. OCLC 1225623501.
- ^ "Review of the Victorian Salon of Photography". Australasian Photo-Review. 40 (6). 1 July 1933.
- ^ "Obituary : Dr. Julian Smith". Advocate. Burnie, Tasmania. 15 November 1947. p. 2.
- ^ Smith, Julian Augustus Romaine; Grimwade, Russell (1948). Fifty masterpieces of photography: containing some of the last and finest works of this internationally-famous master. Victoria, Australia: Reproduced in facsimile by McLaren. OCLC 5857259.
- ^ "Kodak Salon Galleries (advertisement)". Australasian Photo-Review. 55 (4): 221. 1 April 1948.
- ^ Smith, Julian; Kodak Galleries (1958). Catalogue of the memorial exhibition of character portrait studies by the late Dr. Julian Smith, B. Sc., M.D., F.R.A.C.S., Hon. F.R.P.S.: presented in recognition of the tenth anniversary of the passing of a master artist and a gracious gentleman. Adelaide: Kodak Galleries. OCLC 437253070.