Person

Stump, Claude Witherington (1891 - 1971)

Born
28 October 1891
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died
23 September 1971
Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Medical scientist

Summary

Claude Stump was Professor of Embryology and Histology, University of Sydney 1928-1956 and Associate Professor 1926-1928. Earlier he was professor at the University of Bangkok, Siam 1924-1926.

Details

Chronology

1912 - 1913
Career position - Served with a unit of the British Red Cross attached to the Serbian army during the Balkan War
Dec 1914 - Dec 1916
Military service - First World War. Sergeant, Fought on the Western Front in the 8th Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers
1917
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Oct 1917 - Nov 1919
Military service - First World War. Captain, Served in France with the 11th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
1920 - 1921
Career position - House Physician, later house Surgeon, Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh
1920 - 1921
Career position - Demonstrator and Lecturer, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1920 - 1922
Career position - Crichton research scholarship in anatomy in Edinburgh, Scotland
1923
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1924
Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
1924 - 1926
Career position - Professor, University of Bangkok in Siam, Thailand
1926 - 1928
Career position - Associate Professor, University of Sydney
1927
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council
1928 - 1956
Career position - Professor of Embryology and Histology, University of Sydney
1930
Award - Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE)
1956
Life event - Retired

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Archival resources

University of Sydney, Archives

  • Claude Witherington Stump - Records, 1921 - 1933, P 121; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Stone, Jonathan, 'Stump, Claude Witherington (1891-1971), Army Officer and Professor of Histology and Embryology' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 339-340. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160405b.htm. Details

Resources

McCarthy, G.J.

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