Person
Champion de Crespigny, Constantine Trent (1882 - 1952)
- Born
- 5 March 1882
Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 27 October 1952
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and University Administrator
Summary
Sir Trent Champion De Crespigny was a consulting physician in Adelaide from 1919, serving as honorary physician at the Adelaide and Adelaide Children's Hospital and as Dean and Chief Examiner in Medicine at the University of Adelaide 1929-1948.
Details
Born Queenscliffe, Victoria, 5 March 1882. Died Adelaide, 27 October 1952. DSO 1917, knighted 1941. Educated University of Melbourne (MB 1903, BS 1904, MD 1906). Resident, Melbourne hospitals 1904-07; private practice, Glenthompson 1907-08; Medical Superintendent, Adelaide Hospital from 1909; private practice as a specialist physician 1912-15; Director, Government Bacteriological and Pathological Laboratory, Adelaide Hospital and lecturer in pathology, medical school, University of Adelaide 1912-19; war service Gallipoli, Rouen and England; private practice, Adelaide 1919-; honorary physician, Adelaide and Adelaide children's hospitals; dean and chief examiner in medicine, medical school, University of Adelaide 1929-48. Raised funds for the establishment of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science and became the first chairman of its council on its establishment in 1937 till 1952. President, South Australian branch, British Medical Association 1925-26; one of the founders of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and president 1942-44.
Chronology
- 1925 - 1926
- Career position - President, South Australian Branch, British Medical Association
- 1929 - 1948
- Career position - Dean and Chief Examiner in Medicine, University of Adelaide
- 1938 -
- Career position - Founding Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians founding Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians founding Fellow
- 1942 - 1944
- Career position - President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Related entries
Archival resources
State Records of South Australia
- Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny - Records; State Records of South Australia. Details
Published resources
Books
- McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 2 vols (Sydney: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1988-1994). Details
Book Sections
- Hackett, Earle, 'Champion de Crespigny, Sir Constantine Trent (1882 - 1952), medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 606-7. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/de-crespigny-sir-constantine-trent-champion--5550. Details
Conference Papers
- Nicholson, Bernard, 'Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny as Medical Administrator', in Reflections on Medical History and Health in Australia. Third National Conference on Medical History and Health in Australia edited by Harold Attwood and Geoffrey Kenny (Melbourne: University of Melbourne, Medical History Unit, 1986), pp. 229-240.. Details
Journal Articles
- Kearney, Brendon J., 'The Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science', The Medical Journal of Australia, 167 (11) (1997), 614-617, https://www.mja.com.au/journal/1997/167/11/institute-medical-and-veterinary-science. Details
- Newland, Henry, 'Obituary: Constantine Trent Chanpion de Crespigny', Medical Journal of Australia, 1853 (1) (1953), 423-5. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537928. Details
- 'de Crespigny, Constantine Trent Champion (1882-1952)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476120. Details
Gavan McCarthy
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 17 September 2025
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