Person

Stanton, Byron Lionel (1891 - 1963)

Born
7 July 1891
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Died
20 April 1963
Kew, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Physician and Pharmacist

Summary

Byron Lionel Stanton initially qualified as a pharmacist, but then took up medical studies. After graduating he worked at the Melbourne and Children's hospitals before spending a year in the Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force. Upon returning to Melbourne he set up a private medicine practice which he ran for many years. He also lectured to both the medicine and pharmacy courses at the University of Melbourne and the College of Pharmacy. In fact at one point he was lecturer of Pharmacy and Materia Medica to his fellow medical students. Stanton was Head of the Department of Materia Medica at the College of Pharmacy from 1927 to 1963.

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Chronology

1913
Education - Completed Pharmacy training at the College of Pharmacy in Melbourne
1916 - 1917
Military service - First World War. Staff Sergeant, Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force
1919 - 1963
Career position - Lecturer in Pharmacy and Materia Medica, University of Melbourne
1921
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
1921 - 1922
Career position - Resident Medical Office, Melbourne Hospital
1925
Career position - Assistant Pathologist, Children's Hospital, Melbourne
1926 -
Career position - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London (MRCP)
1926
Career position - Studies in England
1927 -
Career position - Private practice in Melbourne
1927 - 1963
Career position - Head of the Department of Materia Medica, College of Pharmacy
1930
Award - Fellow, Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria
1937
Career event - Member, Australian National Research Council
1937
Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS)
1937
Career position - President, Section O (Pharmaceutical Science), Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science
1943 -
Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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Published resources

Book Sections

  • Haines, Gregory, 'Stanton, Byron Lionel (1891-1963), Physician and Pharmacist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 293-294. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160356b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

  • Stanton, Byron L., 'Presidential address: Endocrines in modern therapy [Section O - Pharmaceutical Science]', Report of the twenty-third meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Auckland meeting, January, 1937 (1937), 356-374. Details

Resources

Annette Alafaci; Ken McInnes

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