Person
Windeyer, John Cadell (1875 - 1951)
FRACS FRCOG
- Born
- 27 November 1875
Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 15 August 1951
Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Obstetrician and University Administrator
Summary
John Windeyer was honorary assistant surgeon to the Royal Hospital for Women in Paddington, NSW from1904 and Senior Surgeon from 1919. He began an ante-natal clinic there in 1912, the longest surviving continuous clinic in Australia. He was foundation professor of obstetrics at the University of Sydney 1925-1941. Windeyer was also a Foundation Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London (FRCOG) and chairman of its dominion reference committee (established in Australia 1932). He presided over the obstetrics and gynaecology section at several national meetings of the British Medical Association and was chairman of the medical appointments advisory committee of the Hospitals Commission of New South Wales. After completing his studies in Sydney, Windeyer worked as a medical officer at the Sydney Hospital where he trained in obstetrics and gynaecology. He then trained at the University College Hospital in London, at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin and in hospitals in Vienna.
Details
Chronology
- 1899
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney
- 1901 - 1904
- Career position - Pathologist at the Sydney Hospital
- 1904 - 1919
- Career position - Honorary Assistant Surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Women
- 1915 - 1920
- Career position - Examiner in Gynaecology for the University of Sydney
- 1918
- Career position - Acting Lecturer, University of Sydney
- 1919 -
- Career position - Senior Surgeon at the Royal Hospital for Women
- 1920 - 1925
- Career position - Lecturer, University of Sydney
- 1925 - 1941
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Obstetrics, University of Sydney
- 1926
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney
- 1927 -
- Award - Foundation Fellow, (Royal) Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
- 1929 -
- Award - Foundation Fellow, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London (FRCOG)
- 1930 - 1931
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1939
- Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of sydney
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Sherman, Rodney P., 'Windeyer, John Cadell (1875-1951), obstetrician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), p. 537. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120603b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535291. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/122410952. Details
- 'Windeyer, John Cadell (1875-1951)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464341. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 21 November 2024