Person

Woodruff, Harold Addison (1877 - 1966)

Born
10 July 1877
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Died
1 May 1966
Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland
Occupation
Veterinary scientist and Bacteriologist

Summary

Harold Woodruff was professor of veterinary pathology and director of the veterinary institute at the University of Melbourne from 1913 until the veterinary school closed in 1928. He then became director of the bacteriology department, being promoted to professor in 1935 and retiring in 1944. He established the Public Health Laboratories (later the Diagnostic Unit) within the bounds of the university and is commemorated by the Woodruff Theatre in the microbiology building. Woodruff was educated at the Royal Veterinary College, London (MRCVS), London University? (MRCS, LRCP) and at the University of Melbourne (BSc)

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Chronology

1898
Education - Educated at the Royal Veterinary College, London (MRCVS)
1898 - 1899
Career position - Tutor in Surgery, Royal Veterinary College, London
1899
Career position - Professor of Veterinary Science and Bacteriology, Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, UK
1900 - 1908
Career position - Professor of Materia Medica and Hygiene, Royal Veterinary College
1908 - 1912
Career position - Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Royal Veterinary College
1912
Education - MRCS, LRCP
1913 - 1915
Career position - Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Director of the Veterinary Institute, University of Melbourne
1915 - 1917
Military service - Major with the Australian Army Veterinary Corps
1917 - 1928
Career position - Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Director of the Veterinary Institute, University of Melbourne
1919 -
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Veterinary Science), Australian National Research Council
1920 - 1922
Career position - President, Veterinary Association of Victoria
1921
Career position - President, Section L (Veterinary Science), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1922 - 1923
Career position - President, Australian Veterinary Association
1923
Career position - President, Section L (Veterinary Science), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1928 - 1944
Career position - Director of the Bacteriology Department, University of Melbourne
1935 - 1944
Career position - Professor of the Bacteriology, University of Melbourne

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Book Sections

  • Killip, Norah L., 'Woodruff, Harold Addison (1877-1966), veterinary pathologist and bacteriologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 562-563. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120629b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Schedvin, C. B., 'Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939', Historical Studies, 21 (1984), 11-28. Details

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