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.
Details
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
- Award - Peter Bancroft prize for research in medicine
- 1927
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council
- 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
Related entries
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. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/wilkinson-herbert-john-12028. Details
Conference Papers
- Hicks, Shauna and Frankland, Kathryn, 'Amateur Scientists: Finding and Preserving their Contributions to the Growth of Scientific Research in Australia', in Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 edited by Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton (Canberra: Australian Science Archives Project, 1995), pp. 79-82., https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/confs/recovering/hicks.htm. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'Adelaide man to be Professor of Anatomy.', The Register News-Pictorial (Adelaide) (1930), 3, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article54162230. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24246099. Details
- 'Wilkinson, Herbert John (1891-1963)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463867. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 23 May 2024
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