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
Related entries
Published resources
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
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16004131. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92305238. Details
- 'Woodruff, H A (1877-1966)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-512216. Details
See also
- Currie, George; Graham, John, The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1966), 203 pp, https://ebooks.publish.csiro.au/content/origins-csiro. pages 141, 142, 145, 152. Details
- French, E. L.; and Sutherland, A. K., 'Arthur William Turner 1900-1989', Historical Records of Australian Science, 9 (1) (1992), 49-63. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9920910049. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018