Person
Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889 - 1939)
FRS
- Born
- 2 August 1889
Horsham, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 18 January 1939
London, England - Occupation
- Anatomist
Summary
Herbert Woollard was born and educated in Australia and was Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the University of Adelaide from1928 to 1929. He spent the rest of his illustrious working life in England and is best remembered for his studies on peripheral innervation. Woollard received the French Croix de Guerre and the Symington Memorial Prize from the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland. After completing his war service he studied for primary examination at the Royal College of Surgeons and became an Anatomy Demonstrator at University College, London. Woollard remained in London for a few years then came to work at the University of Adelaide, but quickly returned to London to take up a post at the St Bartholomew's Hospital (1929-1936).
Skip to
Details
Chronology
- 1910
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- 1912
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne
- 1914 - 1918
- Military service - First World War - Australian Army Medical Corps
- c. 1919 - c. 1920
- Education - Primary examination at the Royal College of Surgeons and became an Anatomy Demonstrator at University College, London
- 1921 - 1922
- Career position - Rockefeller Fellow at Johns Hopkins Medical School, USA
- 1923 - 1927
- Career position - Assistant Professor of Anatomy, University College, London
- 1926
- Award - Symington Memorial Prize, Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- 1928 - 1929
- Career position - Professor of Anatomy and Histology, University of Adelaide
- 1929 - 1936
- Career position - Professor of Anatomy, Medical School of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
- 1936
- Career position - Editor of Journal of Anatomy
- 1936 - 1939
- Career position - Professor of Anatomy, University College, London
- 1938 -
- Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)
Published resources
Book Sections
- Blunt, Michael J., 'Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889-1939), professor of anatomy' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 571-572. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120640b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5734407. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/310508997. Details
- CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Woollard H H', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=3441997. Details
- 'Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889-1939)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464863. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 5 March 2018