Person
Lawrence, Gordon Ord (1896 - 1960)
- Born
- 11 November 1896
Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia - Died
- 6 August 1960
North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Dentist
Summary
Gordon Lawrence began his dental training in Western Australia where he apprenticed to James Alexander Wright for eighteen months. He had a short stint with the Australian Imperial Force then moved to Melbourne where he completed a Bachelor of Dentistry (1922). Three years later he was appointed dental house surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital and from 1930 was their honorary dental surgeon. Lawrence also worked in private practice and taught at the University of Adelaide. He invented the Lawrence Matrix instrument which received world acclaim for its advancement of the restoration of compound cavities.
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Chronology
- 1916 - 1917
- Military service - Private then Staff Sergeant, Dental Corps, Australian Imperial Force, Australia
- 1919 - 1922
- Education - Bachelor of Dental Science (BDSc), University of Melbourne
- 1925
- Career position - Registered with the Dental Board of South Australia
- 1925 - 1927
- Career position - Dental House Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital
- 1927 - c. 1937
- Career position - Private practice in Largs Bay, South Australia
- 1930 -
- Career position - Honorary Dental Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital
- 1936 -
- Career position - Instructor in Prosthetic Dentistry, University of Adelaide
- 1937 - ?
- Career position - Private practice at Semaphore, South Australia
- 1945
- Education - Doctorate of Dental Science, University of Adelaide
Published resources
Book Sections
- Page, Geoffrey, 'Lawrence, Gordon Ord (1896-1960), dentist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), p. 14. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/lawrence-gordon-ord-7114. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538416. Details
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Lawrence Gordon Ord', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=7378338. Details
- 'Lawrence, Gordon Ord (1896-1960)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469699. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 26 February 2018
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