Person

Chapman, Henry George (1879 - 1934)

Born
13 January 1879
Ealing, Middlesex, England
Died
25 May 1934
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Physiologist

Summary

Henry Chapman was a physiologist who held chairs in pharmacology and physiology at the University of Sydney before being appointed Director of Cancer Research in 1928. He also lectured on the technology of breadmaking at the Sydney Technical College from 1908, being responsible for the establishment of a school of bakery at the College in 1916. His particular research interest was in the physiology of poisons. Chapman was Chairman of the 1919 - 1920 Commission on Miners' Diseases, investigating the prevalence of miners' phthisis and pneumoconiosis in the Broken Hill mines. He was a member of the Royal Society of New South Wales and President of the Linnean Society of New South Wales from 1917 to 1919.

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Chronology

c. 1886 -
Life event - Arrived in Australia
1899
Education - MB, University of Melbourne
1900
Education - BS, University of Melbourne
1901
Education - MB, University of Adelaide
1901
Career position - Acting professor of physiology, University of Adelaide
1902
Education - MD, University of Melbourne
1902
Career position - Demonstrator in pathology, University of Melbourne
1903 - 1913
Career position - 1903 - 1913 Lecturer and demonstrator in physiology, University of Sydney
1907 - ?
Career position - Honorary pathological chemist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1908 - ?
Career position - Lecturer on the technology of breadmaking, Sydney Technical College
1910
Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne
1913 - 1918
Career position - Assistant Professor of Physiology, University of Sydney
1917 - 1919
Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales
1918 - 1921
Career position - Professor of Pharmacology, University of Sydney
1919 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Physiology), Honorary Treasurer, Australian National Research Council
1919 - 1920
Career position - Chairman, Technical commission of inquiry into the prevalence of miners' phthisis and pneumoconiosis in the Broken Hill mines
1921 - 1928
Career position - Professor of Physiology, University of Sydney
1928
Career position - President, Section N (Physiology and Experimental Biology), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1928 - 1934
Career position - Director of cancer research, University of Sydney
1931 - 1933
Career position - President, New South Wales Branch, Australian Chemical Institute

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Published resources

Book Sections

  • Teale, Ruth, 'Chapman, Henry George (1879-1934), professor of physiology' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 612-613. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070622b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Chapman, Henry George, 'Organization of cancer research and treatment', Medical journal of Australia, 2 (12) (1929), 390-4. Details

Resources

See also

Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn

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