Person
Ingram, William Wilson (1888 - 1982)
- Born
- 6 December 1888
Craigellachie, Scotland - Died
- 25 November 1982
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Antarctic explorer and Physiologist
Summary
William Ingram published on clinical aspects of envenomation by Funnel Web spiders and arachnodactyly, but is best known for his work on the treatment of diabetes. After post-graduate study in 1925 in the United Kingdom where he had first-hand experience of the efficacy of newly-discovered insulin, he established one of the first specialist diabetes clinics in Sydney in 1926. With G. V. Rudd he published the pioneering book The diagnosis and treatment of diabetes (1933) which ran to four editions by 1943. For nearly 60 years Ingram held senior positions with the Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, where he was set up its pathology services and was integral to the establishment of its clinical school. Between 1929 and 1931 he was Medical Officer for the British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expeditions under Douglas Mawson, participating also in the biological research programs.
Details
Chronology
- 1912
- Education - Graduated in medicine, University of Aberdeen
- 1912 - 1913
- Career position - Medical officer, Royal Aberdeen Hospital for Sick Children
- 1913 - 1914
- Career position - Research Assistant, Lister Institute, London
- 1914 - 1918
- Career position - Served with the Royal Army Medical Corps
- 1915
- Award - Military Cross (MC)
- 1919
- Education - MD (Hons) University of Aberdeen
- 1919
- Life event - Migrated to Australia
- 1919
- Career position - Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Aberdeen
- 1920
- Career position - Lecturer in Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Sydney
- 1920 - 1927
- Career position - In general practice, Killara, New South Wales
- 1922 - 1965
- Career position - Director of Pathology Services, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
- 1925 -
- Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
- 1927 -
- Career position - In private practice, Macquarie St, Sydney
- 1929 - 1931
- Career position - Medical Officer, British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition ( BANZARE)
- 1931 - 1974
- Career position - Director, Kolling Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
- 1934
- Award - Polar Medal
- 1938 - 1982
- Career position - Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1939 - 1944
- Career position - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1948 - 1974
- Career position - Chairman, Hospital Board of Studies, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney
Related entries
Archival resources
Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
- William Wilson Ingram - Records, 1907 - 1982, ML MSS 4120; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details
South Australian Museum Archives
- William Wilson Ingram - Records, 1929 - 1931, 43BZE; South Australian Museum Archives. Details
Published resources
Journal Articles
- Pearn, John H., 'Dr William Wilson Ingram (1888-1982) Doctor-Soldier, Physician and Antarctic Expeditioner', Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 41 (2011), 270-7. Details
- Storey, Catherine E., 'From opposite sides of the trenches: the two pioneers of the Kolling Institute of Medical Research, 1920 - 1974', Medical journal of Australia, 213 (11) (2020), 511-3. https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50798. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'Medal Awards - For Antarctic Research Expedition', The Canberra Times (1934), 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2350520. Details
Resources
- 'Ingram, W Wilson', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-621409. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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