Person

Derrick, Edward Holbrook (1898 - 1976)

FAA CBE

Born
18 September 1898
Blackwood, Victoria, Australia
Died
15 June 1976
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Medical scientist

Summary

Edward Derrick was Director of the Research Bureau, Asthma Foundation of Queensland from 1966 after being Director, Queensland Institute of Medical Research 1961-1966 and Deputy Director from its inception in 1947. He was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA) from 1955 to 1976. In his research Derrick focused on the epidemiology of diseases such as Q fever, dengue fever, scrub typhus, and asthma in children in Brisbane. He investigated principally causative agents, vectors especially viruses and arthropods, and the impact of climatic factors.

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Chronology

? - 1973
Career position - Director, Research Bureau, Queensland Asthma Foundation
1920
Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
1922 - 1923
Career position - Pathology Assistant, Pathological Institute, London Hospital
1923
Education - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, United Kingdom
1924
Life event - Registered with the Queensland Medical Board
1924 - 1935
Career position - In private practice in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland
1935 - 1947
Career position - Director, Laboratory of Microbiology and Pathology, Queensland Department of Health
1939
Award - Cilento Medal (joint), Australian Institute of Anatomy
1939 - 1965
Career position - Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
1940 - 1976
Award - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1947 - 1961
Career position - Deputy Director, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
1947 - 1976
Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1948
Award - Bancroft Orator, Queensland Branch, British Medical Association
1955 - 1976
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1956
Award - Foundation Member, College of Pathologists of Australia
1961
Award - Commander of the British Empire (CBE)
1961 - 1966
Career position - Director, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
1962
Award - Elkington Orator, Queensland Society of Health
1966 -
Career position - Honorary Research Fellow, Queensland Institute of Medical Research
1966
Life event - Retired
1966
Award - Doctor of Science (DSc), honoris causa, University of Queensland
1966
Career position - Member, International Society of Biometrology
1967 - 1976
Award - Fellow, Australian Society of Allergists
1968 - 1976
Award - Fellow, Australian Medical Association
1969
Award - ANZAAS Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1970 - 1976
Award - Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia
1975 - 1976
Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, United Kingdom

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Archival resources

Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science

  • Edward Holbrook Derrick - Records, 1909 - 1976, MS 105; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details
  • Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Research in Pathology and Medicine, c. 1936 - c. 1940, MS 052; Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science. Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • 'Obituary: Edwrd Holbrook Derrick', Pathology, 9 (3) (1977), 270-271. Details
  • Burnet, F. M., 'Derrick and the story of Q fever', Medical Journal of Australia, 1967 (2) (1967), 1067-8. Details
  • Cooke, Robin, 'Q Fever: was Edward Derrick's Contribution Undervalued?', Medical Journal of Australia, 18 (2008), 660-662 . Details
  • Derrick, E. H., 'A Mystery Fever Invades Brisbane', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 2 (3) (1972), 39-51. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9720230039.htm. Details
  • Derrick, E. H., 'The birth of the Queensland Institute of Medical Research', Medical Journal of Australia, 1972, v.2 (21 October) (1972), 952-9. Details
  • Doherty, R. L., 'E. H. Derrick - his published record and its background', Medical Journal of Australia, 1967 (2) (1967), 1069. Details
  • Doherty, R. L.; and Tonge, J. I., 'Edward Holbrook Derrick', Medical Journal of Australia, 1976 (2) (1976), 731-2. Details
  • Doherty, Ralph L., 'The Bancroft tradition in infectious desease research in Queensland, part 2', Medical Journal of Australia, 2 (1978), 591-4. Details
  • Doherty, Ralph L., 'The Bancroft tradition in infectious desease research in Queensland, part 1', Medical Journal of Australia, 1978, v.2 (2 December) (1978), 560-3. Details
  • Mackerras, I. M., 'Edward Holbrook Derrick', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, 4 (1) (1979), 82-102. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9790410082.htm. Details

Resources

Resource Sections

See also

  • Fenner, Frank ed., History of Microbiology in Australia (Melbourne: Australian Society for Microbiology, 1990), 624 pp. Details

Digital resources

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