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McIntyre, Archibald Keverall (1913 - 2002)

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Born
1 May 1913
Edinburgh, Scotland
Died
20 July 2002
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation
Physiologist

Summary

Archibald McIntyre, a grandson of Sir Edgeworth David (qv), was Professor of Physiology, Monash University, 1962-1978. His interests included the physiology of the nervous system and he made studies of reflexes, pathways in the spinal cord, both ascending and descending, and the plasticity of responses of the spinal cord. He was part of a group which discovered electro-receptors in the platypus bill and later in the echidna snout. The Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society has established the A K McIntyre Prize, awarded to members for significant contributions to Australian physiological and/or pharmacological science during their predoctoral and early postdoctoral years, in his honour.

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Chronology

1930 - 1933
Education - Bachelor of Medical Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1937
Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1938 - 1940
Career position - Research Fellowship, University of Sydney
1941 - 1946
Military service - Royal Australian Air Force
1946 - 1948
Career position - Research Fellowship, Rockefeller Institute, United States of America (USA)
1949 - 1961
Career position - Department of Physiology, University of Otago, New Zealand
1951 - 1961
Career position - Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Otago, New Zealand
1962 - 1978
Career position - Professor of Physiology, Monash University, Australia
1963 - 2002
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1977
Award - Mueller Medal, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1979
Award - Doctor of Medicine (MD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne

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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
  • Porter, R.; Proske, U.; and Mark, R. F., 'Archibald Keverall McIntyre, 1913-2002', Historical Records of Australian Science, 15 (1) (2004), 77-94. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR03016. Details
  • Proske, Uwe, 'Obituary - Archibald Keverall McIntyre', Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 30 (2003), 303-306. Details

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See also

McCarthy, G.J.

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