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

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Published resources

Books

  • McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Sydney: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1988), 332 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituary: Harold Whitridge Davies', Australian Journal of Science, 9 (1) (1946), 15-16. Details

Resources

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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