Person
Dew, Harold Robert (1891 - 1962)
- Born
- 14 April 1891
Reservoir, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 17 November 1962
Wheelers Hill, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Surgeon and University Administrator
Summary
Sir Harold Dew was Bosch Professor of Surgery, University of Sydney from 1930. He also introduced the Bachelor of Science (Medicine) Degree in 1949 and was instrumental in the establishment of the National Health and Medical Research Council.
Details
Chronology
- 1922 -
- Career position - Clinical-Assistant, Melbourne Hospital
- 1922 - 1925
- Career position - Honorary Associate, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
- 1923 -
- Career position - Secretary, Surgical Association of Melbourne
- 1923 -
- Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Out-Patient, Melbourne Hospital
- 1924
- Award - R. C. S.'s Jacksonian Prize
- 1927
- Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne
- 1928 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- c. 1930 -
- Career position - Honorary, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1930
- Career position - Hunterian Professor of the Royal College of Surgeons (R.C.S)
- 1930 - c. 1956
- Career position - Bosch Chair of Surgery, University of Sydney
- 1936 - 1938
- Career position - Dean of Medicine, University of Sydney
- c. 1939 - c. 1945
- Career position - Royal Australian Air Force Flying Personnel Research Committee
- 1940 - 1952
- Career position - Dean of Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1940 - 1954
- Career position - Council Member, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- 1948
- Career position - Vice President, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- 1953 - 1954
- Career position - President, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Carmody, John, 'Dew, Sir Harold Robert (1891-1962), professor of surgery' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 624-626. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130698b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Dew, H. R., 'Development in Undergraduate Medical Education in Australia', The Medical Journal of Australia (1951), 35-40. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24188885. Details
- 'Dew, Harold R (1891-1962)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-562340. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 16 May 2023
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