Person
Davies, Harold Whitridge (1894 - 1946)
- Born
- 27 June 1894
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 7 June 1946
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physiologist
Summary
Harold Davies was Professor of Physiology, University of Sydney 1930-1940.
Details
Educated University of Adelaide (MB, BS).;
Research Assistant and Lecturer, Department of Therapeutics, University of Edinburgh;
Rockefeller Foundation Fellow and Assistant Physician, Hospital of Rockefeller Institute, New York;
Lecturer in Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Leeds.
Chronology
- 1917 - 1919
- Military service - First World War. Captain, Australian Army Medical Corp
- 1919 - 1920
- Career position - Research Assistant with J.S. Haldane, New College, Oxford [Resaerch on dust inhalation and miners phthisis]
- 1930
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Physiology), Australian National Research Council
- 1930 - 1940
- Career position - Professor of Physiology, University of Sydney
- 1932
- Career event - Elected Member (Physiology), Australian National Research Council
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2 vols (Sydney: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1988-1994). Details
Book Sections
- Bishop, P. O., 'Davies, Harold Whitridge (1894-1946), professor of physiology' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 580-581. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/davies-harold-whitridge-9913. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: Harold Whitridge Davies', Australian Journal of Science, 9 (1) (1946), 15-16. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24240071. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/64145066475966591728. Details
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Davies H W', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=1902307. Details
- 'Davies, Harold Whitridge (1894-1946)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462620. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 22 May 2024
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