Person

Hicks, Cedric Stanton (1892 - 1976)

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Born
2 June 1892
Mosgiel, New Zealand
Died
7 February 1976
Glen Osmond, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Nutritionist and Physiologist
Alternative Names
  • Hicks, Stanton

Summary

Sir Stanton Hicks was Professor of Human Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Adelaide 1926-1958. During the 1940s Hicks worked closely with the Australian Army Catering Corps as an adviser on nutrition and was on the Defence Department's Scientific Advisory Committee as its advisor on foodstuffs.

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Chronology

1914
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Otago, New Zealand
1915
Education - Master of Science (MSc(Hons)), University of Otago, New Zealand
1922
Career event - Fellow, Institute of Chemistry, London
1923
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University of Otago, New Zealand
1926
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Trinity College, Cambridge
1926 - 1958
Career position - Professor of Human Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
1928 - 1930
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Physiology), Australian National Research Council
1930
Career event - Elected Member (Physiology), Australian National Research Council
1936
Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - For service to the University of Adelaide
1936
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), Univeristy of Adelaide
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1937
Career position - President, Section N (Physiology), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science

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Archival resources

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

  • Cedric Stanton Hicks - Records, 1929 - 1974, SR/572.9942/H631p; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection

  • Cedric Stanton Hicks - Records, 1887 - 1976, MS 5623; National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Nash, Heather, 'Hicks, Sir Cedric Stanton (1892-1976), university professor and army catering officer' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 448-449. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140515b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Hicks, C. Stanton, 'Presidential address: Non-specific therapeutic response in the light of recent investigations of hormonal and vegetative nervous regulation [Section N - Physiology]', Report of the twenty-third meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland meeting, January, 1937 (1937), 341-355. Details

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See also

Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes

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