Person
Fry, Henry Kenneth (1886 - 1959)
- Born
- 25 May 1886
North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 22 July 1959
Stirling, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and Anthropologist
Summary
Henry Fry worked with the Northern Territory Health Service and was Medical Officer for the City of Adelaide. He was also President of the Anthropological Society of South Australia 1933, 1951 and made a special study of Aboriginal culture in central Australia. Between 1926 and 1937 Fry participated in seven expeditions of the Board of Anthropological Research.
Details
Chronology
- 1905
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1908
- Education - MB BS, University of Adelaide
- 1909
- Award - Rhodes Scholarship
- 1912
- Education - Diploma of Anthropology, University of Oxford
- 1912
- Education - Diploma of Public Health, University of Oxford
- 1912
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Oxford
- 1913 - 1914
- Career position - Chief Medical Inspector of Aborigines, Northern Territory Medical Service
- 1914 - 1919
- Career position - Served with Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1917
- Award - Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
- 1920 - 1935
- Career position - Assistant Physician, Adelaide Hospital
- 1925
- Career position - Co-founder, Board for Anthropological Research
- 1933
- Career position - President, Anthropological Society of South Australia
- 1934
- Education - MD, University of Adelaide
- 1935 -
- Career position - Honorary Physician, Adelaide Hospital
- 1938 - 1959
- Career position - Founding Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1939
- Career Position - President, Royal Society of South Australia
- 1951
- Career position - President, Anthropological Society of South Australia
Related entries
Archival resources
South Australian Museum Archives
- Henry Kenneth Fry - Records, 1875 - 1959, A.D. 48; South Australian Museum Archives. 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
- Jones, Philip, 'Fry, Henry Kenneth (1896-1959), anthropologist and medical practitioner' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1996), pp. 230-231. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/fry-henry-kenneth-10256. Details
Journal Articles
- Southwood, A. R., 'Kenneth Henry Fry', Medical Journal of Australia, 1959 (2) (1959), 778-9. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5721647. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/21822467. Details
- 'Fry, H K (1886-1959)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-576106. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 25 February 2020
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