Person

Cragg, Brian Gaston (1926 - 2013)

FAA

Born
19 September 1926
London, England
Died
2013
Foster, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physiologist

Summary

Brian Cragg worked in a number of institutions in the United Kingdom under grant and fellowship arrangements before coming to Monash University in 1969 as a Senior Lecturer in Physiology. He was promoted to Reader in 1971 and remained in this position until his retirement in 1984. Cragg was a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA).

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Chronology

1948
Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Cambridge, UK
1948 - 1950
Career position - Rockefeller Grant at the Research Centre of Whitchurch Hospital in Cardiff, UK
1950 - 1956
Career position - Nuffield Research Grant for the Department of Anatomy at University College London
1953
Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of London
1956 - 1959
Career position - Leverhulme Mental Health Research Fund Fellowship
1959 - 1964
Career position - Royal Society Locke Research fellowship
1964 - 1968
Career position - Assistant Director of the MRC Cerebral Functions Research Group at University College, London
1971 - 1984
Career position - Senior Lecturer in Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria
1977 - 2013
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science

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