Person

Paul, Charles Norman (1883 - 1959)

Born
26 March 1883
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Died
25 May 1959
Occupation
Physician and Dermatologist

Summary

Sir Charles Paul was a dermatologist at Sydney Hospital from 1914-1945. He was also President of the board of directors at the Hospital (1938-1959) and his fellow directors established an annual visiting professorship in his name to honour his twentieth year as president. Paul wrote "The Influence of Sunlight in the Production of Cancer of the Skin" in 1918 and "Cutaneous Neoplasms" in 1933; these books warned against 'reckless exposure to sunlight'. Paul initially spent some years in his father's ship-chandler business before starting his medical studies. After graduating he worked for a few months at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital then spent most of 1911-1912 studying dermatology and medicine in Vienna and London. He was a prime mover and founding secretary of the New South Wales branch of the British Association of Dermatology.

Details

Chronology

1910
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney
1911 - 1912
Education - Studied in Vienna and London
1913 - 1914
Career position - Private general practice in Sydney
1914 - 1945
Career position - Assistant Dermatologist at Sydney Hospital
1916 - 1922
Career position - Dermatologist(?) at Renwick Hospital for Infants
1917 - 1921
Career position - Dermatologist(?) at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney
1917 - 1932
Career position - First Dermatologist and Head of Dermatology at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in Sydney
1927
Career position - Founding Secretary, British Association of Dermatology, New South Wales branch
1930s
Career position - President, British Association of Dermatology, New South Wales branch
1938
Career position - Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
1938
Award - Knighted
1938 - 1959
Career position - President, Board of Directors of the Sydney Hospital

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Bourke, Helen, 'Paul, Sir Charles Norman (1883-1959), Dermatologist and Hospital President' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 11: 1891 - 1939 Nes-Smi, Geoffrey Serle, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 167-169. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110172b.htm. Details

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