Person
Kilvington, Basil (1877 - 1947)
- Born
- 6 August 1877
Hartlepool, Durham, England - Died
- 28 June 1947
Richmond, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Medical Research, Surgeon and Anatomist
Summary
Basil Kilvington was a surgeon and medical researcher who made pioneering investigations on the regeneration and grafting of nerves. He earned a considerable reputation in peripheral nerve surgery. Although initially in private practice, for much of his career he served in an honorary capacity at the (Royal) Melbourne Hospital. For 35 years he taught anatomy and surgery at the University of Melbourne.
Details
Chronology
- 1898
- Education - MB, University of Melbourne
- 1899
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital
- 1900
- Education - BS, University of Melbourne
- 1901
- Education - MD, University of Melbourne
- 1902
- Education - MS, University of Melbourne
- 1908
- Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne
- 1918 - 1934
- Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Melbourne Hospital
- 1920
- Career position - President, Melbourne Hospital Clinical Society
- 1921
- Career position - President, Victorian Branch, British Medical Association
- 1922 - 1935
- Career position - Stewart Lecturer in surgery, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
- 1926
- Career position - President, Surgical Association of Melbourne
- 1927
- Career position - President, Surgical Section, Australasian Medical Congress, Dunedin, New Zealand
- 1935 - ?
- Career position - Honorary Consulting Surgeon, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Related entries
Archival resources
The University of Melbourne Archives
- Basil Kilvington - Records, 1877 - 1928; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
Published resources
Books
- Kenny, Patrick (Sir), The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Melbourne, Victoria: The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1984), 84 pp, https://www.surgeons.org/-/media/Project/RACS/surgeons-org/files/our-heritage-archives/founders.pdf. Details
Book Sections
- Smith, Colin, 'Kilvington, Basil (1877-1947), Surgeon and Medical Scientist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 15 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 18-19. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150021b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Obituary, Basil Kilvington', Medical Journal of Australia, 6 (1947), 317-9. Details
- Glasby, M. A.; and Hems, T. E. J., 'Basil Kilvington: unknown pioneer of peripheral nerve repair', Journal of hand surgery, 18 (4) (1993), 461-4. Details
- Smith, Colin, 'Basil Kilvington', Australasian Science, 20 (4) (1999), 46. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535928. Details
- 'Kilvington, Basil', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463790. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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