Person
Holman, William Prout (1899 - 1972)
- Born
- 16 September 1899
Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 12 August 1972
Canterbury, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Radiologist
Summary
William Holman was the first radiological specialist in Tasmania and was instrumental in promoting and improving radiotherapy practice in that state. He played a key role in the foundation and administration of the Tasmanian Cancer Institute. In 1952 he moved to Melbourne and for 12 years was Medical Director of the Cancer Institute Board of Victoria. From the 1930s Holman was in the forefront of using new techniques to treat breast cancer and continued to search for alternatives to surgical mastectomy. His work in this area attracted international attention. At the urging of Holman and several colleagues, the Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiology (later Radiologists) was founded in 1935.
Details
Chronology
- 1923
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1924
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital
- 1925 - 1928
- Career position - Honorary radiologist, St Margaret's Hospital, Launceston
- 1928 - 1952
- Career position - Radiologist (part-time), St Margaret's Hospital, Launceston
- 1935 - 1949
- Career position - Founding Member, Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiology (later Radiologists)
- 1938 - 1972
- Career position - Founding Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1939
- Career position - President, Tasmanian Branch, British Medical Association
- 1939
- Career position - Elected Fellow, Faculty of Radiologists, London
- 1949 - 1952
- Career position - Fellow, College of Radiologists (Australian and New Zealand)
- 1950 - 1951
- Career position - President, College of Radiologists (Australian and New Zealand)
- 1952 - 1954
- Career position - Assistant Medical Director, Cancer Institute Board of Victoria
- 1952 - 1972
- Award - Fellow, College of Radiologists of Australasia
- 1954 - 1966
- Career position - Medical Director, Cancer Institute Board of Victoria
- 1958 - 1960
- Career position - President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Launceston General Hosptial Historical Committee, Historical Figures and Their Impact on Medicine in Launceston: Dr F. Drake, Miss J. Milne and Dr W.P. Holman: Papers and Proceedings, Historical Seminar, 14 October 2012 (Launceston: Launceston General Hospital Historical Committee, 2012), 97 pp. Details
- McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Sydney: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1988), 332 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Holman, Mollie E., 'Holman, William Prout (1899-1972), Radiologist' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 14 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), p. 471. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140541b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539584. Details
- 'Holman, William Prout (18990916-19720812)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465008. Details
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