Person
Cotton, Frank Stanley (1890 - 1955)
- Born
- 30 April 1890
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 23 August 1955
Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physiologist
Summary
Frank Cotton was Professor of Physiology, University of Sydney 1942-1955 after being Chief Lecturer in Physiology from 1923 and Lecturer from 1913. He was a keen swimmer and held a number of University records.
Related entries
Archival resources
University of Sydney, Archives
- Frank Stanley Cotton - Records, 1913 - 1955, P 147; University of Sydney, Archives. Details
Published resources
Book Sections
- Nairn, Bede, 'Cotton, Francis (1857 - 1942), journalist and politician, Leo Arthur (1883 - 1963), professor of geology, and Frank Stanley (1890 - 1955) professor of physiology' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 8: 1891 - 1939 Cl-Gib, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1981), pp. 119-120. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080684b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Carlile, F., 'Obituary: Frank Stanley Cotton', Australian Journal of Science, 18 (1) (1955), 21-22. Details
- Hobbins, Peter, 'The pigeon-hole waltz: deflating innovation in wartime Australia', Record: the University Archives (University of Sydney), 2015 (2015), 3-11. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5485994. Details
- 'Cotton, Frank Stanley (1890-1955)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1467385. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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