Macfarlane, Walter Victor (1913 - 1982)

Summary

Victor Macfarlane was Professor of Animal Physiology, University of Adelaide 1964-1978. Earlier he was Professorial Fellow in Physiology at the Australian National University, Canberra 1958-1964 and Professor of Physiology, University of Queensland 1949-1958. He had wide ranging scientific interests, but worked particularly on physiological mechanisms of adaptation to different environments, especially heat.

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Chronology

1936 -

Education - Masters of Arts Zoology (MA Zoology), University of Canterbury, New Zealand

1937 - 1938

Career position - Parasitologist, Wallaceville Animal Research Station, New Zealand Department of Agriculture

1945 -

Education - MB ChB, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

1946 - 1947

Career position - Assistant in Neurosurgery, Dunedin Hospital, New Zealand

1948 - 1949

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Otago, New Zealand

1949 - 1958

Career position - Professor of Physiology, University of Queensland

1950 -

Education - MD, University of Otago, New Zealand

1951

Career position - Visiting Professor, Downstate University of the New York Medical Centre

1956 - 1959

Career position - Member of Council, Queensland Institute of Medical Research

1959 - 1964

Career position - Professorial Fellow in Physiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research

1960 -

Career position - Visiting Professor, Downstate University of the New York Medical Centre

1960 -

Career position - Founding Member, Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society

1964 - 1978

Career position - Foundation Professor of Animal Physiology, Waite Agricultural Research Institute

1968

Award - Decennial Medal, The Negv Institute for Arid Zone Research, Israel

1972 - 1982

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1975

Career position - Exchange Professor, University of Reading, United Kingdom

1979 -

Award - Emeritus Professor, University of Adelaide

1979

Life event - Retired

1979

Award - Mueller Medal. Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

1981

Award - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)

Related entries

Archival resources

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

• Walter Victor Macfarlane - Records, 1947 - 1986, MSS 0006; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Curtis, D. R., 'Macfarlane, Walter Victor (1913-1982), Physiologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 73-4. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/macfarlane-walter-victor-15105. Details

Journal Articles

• McIntyre, A. K., 'Walter Victor Macfarlane 1913-82', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (2) (1985), 247-265. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9850620247. Details
• Tromp, S. W., 'In memoriam Professor W. Victor Macfarlane 27 September 1913 - 26 February 1982', International Journal of Biometeorology, 26 (4) (1982), 261. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539110. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/2240221. Details
• 'Macfarlane, Walter Victor (19130927-19820226)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474285. Details

Resource Sections

• McIntyre, A. K., 'Walter Victor Macfarlane 1913-1982', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, https://www.science.org.au/fellowship/fellows/biographical-memoirs/walter-victor-macfarlane-1913-1982. Details

See also

• Glover, W. E., 'Robert Ford Whelan 1922-1984', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (3) (1986), 409-421. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9860630409. Details