Person
Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley (1896 - 1957)
FRCP
- Born
- 26 February 1896
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 16 April 1957
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Alan Holmes à Court was a medical practitioner in New South Wales (NSW) from 1911. During World War I he served with the medical wings of the Australian Imperial Force in France and was awarded the French Médaille des Epidémies. Holmes à Court was a pioneer of blood transfusion techniques and a lecturer in anaesthetics and clinical medicine. He wrote many medical articles and was heavily involved in medicine's governing bodies: he was a long term member, and one-time president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; President and council member of the British Medical Association (NSW branch), a member of the NSW Medical Board and was appointed a Fellow of London's Royal College of Physicians.
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Chronology
- 1910
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Sydney
- 1911
- Education - Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney
- 1911 - 1912
- Career position - Resident then Registrar at the Sydney Hospital
- 1913 - c. 1919
- Career position - General practice in Manly, New South Wales
- 1914 - 1923
- Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician at Sydney Hospital
- 1916 - 1917
- Military service - Captain of Karoola in the Australian Army Medical Corp.
- 1918
- Military service - Major with the 2nd Australian General Hospital then the 4th Australian Field Ambulance in France
- 1919 -
- Career position - Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in London
- 1919
- Award - Médaille des Epidémies in France
- 1920
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney
- 1920 - 1921
- Career position - Inaugural Tutor of Anaesthetics at the Sydney Hospital
- 1920 - 1932
- Career position - Honorary Physician at the Coast Hospital, Sydney
- 1921 -
- Career position - Consultant Physician in Macquarie Street, Sydney
- 1923 - 1947
- Career position - Physician at the Sydney Hospital
- 1925 - 1929
- Career position - Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
- 1930 -
- Award - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), London
- 1931 -
- Career position - Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at the Sydney Hospital
- 1931 - 1935
- Career position - Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
- 1932 - 1938
- Career position - Member of the New South Wales Medical Board
- 1933 - 1934
- Career position - President, British Medical Association, New South Wales branch
- 1935 - 1946
- Career position - Honorary Physician at the Royal Hospital for Women
- 1938
- Career position - Censor with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1942 -
- Career position - Director of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd.
- 1943
- Career position - Retired from the army reserves
- 1945 - 1950
- Career position - Censor-in-Chief with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1950 - 1952
- Career position - President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
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Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535201. Details
- 'Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley (18870619-19570416)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465709. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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