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Life Summary

Name	James Charles Cox
Born	21 July, 1834 Mulgoa, New South Wales, Australia
Died	29 September, 1912 (aged 78) Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Related Entries	[View as tree] Lindsey (daughter) Livingstone-Learmonth, Marcia Lilian (daughter) Cox, Arthur Brooks (son) Cox, Richard William (brother) Terry, Isabel Elizabeth (sister-in-law) Cox, George (uncle) Cox, Alexander Hassall (cousin) Scarr, John Agar (colleague)
Education *	King's School (Parramatta, Sydney) (student, 1847-1850) University of Edinburgh (Scotland) (student, 1856-1858)
Occupation or Descriptor *	conchologist (1859-1909) New South Wales, Australia physician (1859-1912) New South Wales, Australia surgeon (1859-1912) New South Wales, Australia academic (1883-1901) New South Wales, Australia
Clubs *	Australasian Pioneers' Club (founding president) Australian Club (Sydney) (member, 1860-1912)
Key Organisations *	AMP Society (medical adviser) Australian Museum (Sydney) (trustee) Royal Society of New South Wales (fellow, 1859-1912) Entomological Society of New South Wales (founding secretary, 1862-1874) New South Wales Board of Fisheries (first president, 1862) Linnean Society of New South Wales (fellow, 1868-1912) Linnean Society of New South Wales (member, 1874-1912) Royal Australian Historical Society (member, 1901-1912)
Workplaces *	Sydney Infirmary and Dispensary (honorary surgeon, 1862-1911) University of Sydney (medicine) (lecturer, 1883-1901) Prince Alfred Hospital (Sydney) (honorary physician, 1889-1901)

* Dates are approximate