Draft:Frederick John Knox
Scottish Anatomist, brother of Dr. Robert Knox. New Zealands first Librarian.
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Frederick John Knox was a surgeon, anatomist, and librarian of New Zealand's first public library.[2] Knox was licensed by The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1831.
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3 April 1794
Frederick John Knox | |
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| Born | Frederick John Knox 3 April 1794 Edinburgh |
| Died | August 1873 (aged 79) |
| Spouse | Margaret Russell |
| Children | Mary, Robert John, Margaret, Isabella, Jane Russell, Frederick John, Thomas Russell, Helen Russell, Janet McLean[1] |
| Parent(s) | Mary Scheher and Robert Knox |
| Relatives | Robert Knox (surgeon) (brother) |
In 1836, he wrote The Anatomists Instructor and Museum Companion: Being Practical Directions for the Formation and Subsequent Management Of Anatomical Museums.[3] The book is about the procedures to be taken to prepare various types of specimens, most notably for the Surgeons' Hall, and was intended for students of Robert Knox's class.
Knox mentions throughout the book that he is exasperated with the students of his brother's class and dislikes specimens being handled by them. This is further solidified by Henry Lonsdale, in his biography of Robert Knox;[4]
"John Frederick Knox, generally known by the students as " Brother Fred," was a great concern, pecuniarily and otherwise, to Dr. Knox ; indeed many adjudged him to be the Doctor's greatest plague in life. As conservator of the Knox Museum, and a great stickler for order and "maintenance intact," "Fred" had a horror of seeing anatomical preparations handled by the pupils of the class."
There are no known paintings nor photographs of Knox, although we have one description from the same passage by Henry Lonsdale;
"Fred," it ought to be said, was the handsomer brother of the two, and seemed to pride himself upon this outward distinction—call it good luck."
Knox moved to New Zealand in 1840 on the vessel The Martha Ridgeway, in which Knox was the ship's surgeon. His son, Thomas, died on the voyage.[5][6]
On 15 August 1861. Knox was appointed as Coroner for the Porirua District.[7]
Knox died 5 July. On 7 August 1873, the Wellington Independent Newspaper wrote that he died at age 82, Despite him being born in 1794, making him 79 years old.[7]