Person
Walker, Allan Seymour (1887 - 1958)
- Born
- 19 June 1887
Richmond, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 8 January 1958
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and Medical historian
Summary
Allan Walker was a physician with a particular interest in pathology and neurology. He served in a medical capacity in World War I and II and edited the medical series of Australia's involvement in World War II from 1945-1956. When the Association of Physicians of Australasia became the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1938, he was honorary secretary and helped to set up an administrative system which formed a model for other professional associations. Walker worked at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in New South Wales for nearly forty years. Some of his many other medical posts include a consultant physician to St George in Canterbury, to the Western Suburbs and Parramatta district hospitals and physician and director of the Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives.
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Chronology
- 1910
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1911
- Education - Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1911 - 1912
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1913 - 1920
- Career position - General Practice in Parkes, New South Wales
- 1915 - 1918
- Military service - War service with the Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1920 - 1925
- Career position - Honorary Morbid Anatomist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1922
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1922 - 1927
- Career position - Private practice in Summer Hill, New South Wales
- 1922 - 1958
- Career position - Assistant Physician (to 1933), Physician (to 1945), and Consulting Physician at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1928 - 1938
- Career position - Demonstrator in Pathology at the University of Sydney
- 1937 -
- Career position - Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at the University of Sydney
- 1939 - 1944
- Military service - War service with the Australian Imperial Force
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gandevia, Bryan; McDonald, G. L., 'Walker, Allan Seymour (1887-1958), Physician and Medical Historian' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 12 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 355-356. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120397b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24226887. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/309837403. Details
- 'Walker, Allan Seymour (1887-1958)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469780. Details
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Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018