Person

Wilkinson, Herbert John (1891 - 1963)

Born
15 December 1891
Norwood, South Australia, Australia
Died
15 February 1963
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Occupation
Anatomist and Medical researcher

Summary

Herbert Wilkinson was Foundation Professor of Anatomy (1936-1959) and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (1936-1938, 1954-1957) at University of Queensland. Previously he had lectured in anatomy and histology at the University of Adelaide and at the University of Sydney. Wilkinson became an expert in neuromuscular research.

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Chronology

1907 - 1916
Career position - Various apprentice teaching jobs in South Australia
1914
Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Adelaide
1916 - c. 1920
Career position - Teacher at Sydney Grammar School
1925
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney
c. 1926 - 1930
Career position - Lecturer in Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney
1927
Career event - Elected Associate Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council
1927
Award - Peter Bancroft prize for research in medicine
1928 - 1930
Award - Rockefeller Foundation fellowship, to study in Europe and the United States of America
1930
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney
1930 - 1936
Career position - Professor of Anatomy and Histology, University of Adelaide
1932
Career event - Elected Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council
1934
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Adelaide
1936 - 1938
Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
1936 - 1959
Career position - Foundation Professor of Anatomy, University of Queensland
1937 -
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1944
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Queensland
1954 - 1957
Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
1959 - 1963
Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Queensland

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Published resources

Books

  • Gregory, Helen, Vivant Professores: Distinguished Members of the University of Queensland, 1910-1940 (St Lucia: University of Queensland Library, 1987), 180 pp. Details

Book Sections

  • Kenny, Geoffrey, 'Wilkinson, Herbert John (1891-1963), Anatomist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 547-548. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160651b.htm. Details

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Resources

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