Person
Burkitt, Arthur Neville St George Handcock (1891 - 1959)
- Born
- 25 March 1891
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 14 December 1959
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Anatomist
Summary
Arthur Burkitt was Professor of Anatomy, University of Sydney 1925-1955. He was fluent in several languages and assisted students by translating for them.
He provided a major collection of European scientific literature which formed the basis of the Burkitt Library in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney.
Details
Chronology
- 1910
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1916
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Sydney
- 1917 - 1918
- Career position - Resident, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1918
- Career position - Part-time demonstrator in anatomy, University of Sydney
- 1918 - 1919
- Military service - First World War. Surgeon lieutenant, Royal Australian Navy
- 1919 - 1924
- Career position - Lecturer and demonstrator, Anatomy Department, University of Sydney
- 1925 - 1926
- Career position - Associate-professor, Anatomy Department, University of Sydney
- 1926 - 1927
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council
- 1926 - 1955
- Career position - Challis Professor of Anatomy, University of Sydney
- 1927
- Career event - Elected Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council
- 1933 - 1934
- Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
Related entries
Archival resources
University of Sydney, Archives
- Arthur Neville St George Handcock Burkitt - Records, 1923 - 1950, P 151; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Stone, Jonathan, 'Burkitt, Arthur Neville St George Handcock (1891-1959), professor of anatomy' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 306-307. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130346b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535803. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92467896. Details
- CA 38, Navy Office [IV], Department of the Navy [II]; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office, 'NAA: A6769, BURKITT A N S', A6769 Service Cards for Navy Officers, 1911-1970, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=5423231. Details
- 'Burkitt, Arthur Neville (1891-1959)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469099. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 25 April 2024
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