Person
Wettenhall, Roland Ravenscroft (1882 - 1965)
FRACP
- Born
- 13 March 1882
Carrs Plains, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 21 July 1965
Parkville, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Dermatologist
Summary
Roland Wettenhall had an extensive private practice as a dermatologist from soon after his graduation in 1906 until his retirement in 1959. His major interests were related to radium and superficial X-ray therapy.
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Chronology
- 1906
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- c. 1907
- Career position - Resident at the Hobart Hospital
- c. 1908 - 1959
- Career position - Private dermatology practice
- 1914 - 1919
- Military service - War service with the Royal Army Medical Corps
- 1919 -
- Career position - Honorary Dermatologist, Hospital for Sick Children and Alfred Hospital
- 1922 - 1942
- Career position - Honorary Dermatologist, Melbourne Hospital
- 1929
- Career position - President, Dermatology section, Australasian Medical Congress (British Medical Association) in Sydney
- 1937
- Career position - President, British Association of Dermatology and Syphilology, Victorian branch
- 1938 -
- Award - Foundation Fellow, Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP)
- 1941 - 1949
- Career position - Foundation President of the Genealogical Society of Victoria
- 1948
- Career position - Foundation member of the Dermatological Association of Australia (Australian College of Dermatology)
- 1952 - 1955
- Career position - President, Royal Historical Society of Victoria
Published resources
Book Sections
- Gandevia, Bryan, 'Wettenhall, Roland Ravenscroft (1882-1965), dermatologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 451-452. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120505b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537614. Details
- 'Wettenhall, Roland Ravenscroft (1882-1965)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468519. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018