Person
Gunz, Friedrich Walter (Frederick) (1914 - 1990)
- Born
- 17 November 1914
Munich, Germany - Died
- 30 October 1990
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Haematologist
Summary
Friedrich Gunz was recognised internationally for his research on Leukaemia. He was particularly interested in its aetiology and chromosome abnormalities. In 1950 he moved to Christchurch, New Zealand, as haematologist for the North Canterbury Hospital Board. Here he set up a tumour research unit and later a cytogenetics unit of which he was Director. With colleagues he described the role of the abnormal Christchurch chromosome in lymphocytic leukaemia. While Research Fellow at the New England Medical Centre, Boston, he collaborated with William Dameshek in producing Leukemia (1958), a pioneering account of the origins of leukaemia, the manifestations of its various forms, and its treatment. In 1967 Gunz moved to Australia to become Director of Medical Research, Kanematsu Memorial Institute in Sydney. He played an active role in the Royal College of Pathologists of Australia, serving on several committees and editing its journal Pathology for eight years.
Details
Chronology
- 1939
- Education - MB BS, St Bartholomew's Hospital medical school, University of London
- 1942
- Education - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom
- 1942
- Education - MD, St Bartholomew's Hospital medical school, University of London
- 1943 - 1946
- Career position - Assistant Clinical Pathologist, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 1946 - 1950
- Career position - Research scientist, Saltwell Research School, Royal College of Physicians and University of Cambridge
- 1949
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
- 1950 - 1967
- Career position - Haematologist, North Canterbury Hospital Board, Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1956
- Career position - Research Fellow, New England Medical Centre, Boston, U.S.A.
- 1963 - 1967
- Career position - Director, Cytogenetics Unit, BECC Society of New Zealand, Christchurch
- 1967 - 1980
- Career position - Consultant Haematologist, Sydney Hospital
- 1967 - 1982
- Career position - Director of Medical Research, Kanematsu Memorial Institute, Sydney Hospital
- 1969
- Award - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom
- 1973 -
- Career position - Chief Examiner in Haematology, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia
- 1973 - 1977
- Career position - Chairman, Board of Censors, Royal College of Pathologists of Australia
- 1978 - 1985
- Career position - Editor, Pathology
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Heagney, Brenda, 'Gunz, Frederick (Friedrich) Walter (1914-1990), Haematologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K, Diane Langmore, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2007), pp. 469-470. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/gunz-friedrich-walter-frederick-12575. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Frederick Walter Gunz', New Zealand Medical Journal, 104 (906) (1991), 82. Details
- Vincent, P.; R., E.; and Warren, B., 'Frederick Walter Gunz MD London, PhD Cambridge, FRCP, FRACP, FRCP 1914 - 1990', Pathology, 23 (1991), 80-1. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537955. Details
- 'Gunz, Friedrich Walter (19141117-19901030)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469466. Details
Helen Cohn
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