Person
Hunter, John Irvine (1898 - 1924)
- Born
- 24 January 1898
Bendigo, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 10 December 1924
London, England - Occupation
- Anatomist
Summary
John Hunter was an acclaimed anatomist and Challis Chair of anatomy at the University of Sydney from 1923. He was a brilliant student and was appointed Associate Professor in anatomy, almost immediately after graduating. Hunter went on to produce numerous high quality research articles many on the concept of dual innervation of muscle fibers. He died of typhoid while on a lectureship in England.
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Chronology
- 1916 - 1917
- Career position - Prosector in Anatomy (at the University of Sydney?)
- 1917 - 1920
- Career position - Medical Tutor at Wesley College
- 1918 - 1920
- Career position - Demonstrator in Anatomy, University of Sydney
- 1920
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney
- c. 1920 - c. 1923
- Career position - Associate Professor of Anatomy, University of Sydney
- 1921 - c. 1923
- Career position - Overseas study in Britain, USA and Canada
- 1 March 1923 -
- Career position - Challis Chair of Anatomy of the University of Sydney
- 1924
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney
- October 1924
- Career position - Co-presenter of the John B. Murphy oration to the American College of Surgeons
Published resources
Books
- Blunt, M. J., John Irvine Hunter of the Sydney Medical School, 1898-1924 (Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1985), 135 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Blunt, Michael J., 'Hunter, John Irvine (1898-1924), professor of anatomy' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 9: 1891 - 1939 Gil-Las, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1983), pp. 408-409. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A090405b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Foley, Paul B., and Catherine E. Storey., 'History of neurology in Australia and New Zealand', Handbook of clinical neurology, 95 (2010), 781-800. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0072-9752(08)02148-9. Details
- Wilson, J. T., 'In memoriam: John Irvine Hunter, M.D.', Journal of anatomy London, 59 (1925), 349-54. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6240862. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/40442843. Details
- 'Hunter, John Irvine (1898-1924)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468642. Details
See also
- Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949). Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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