Person
Heydon, George Aloysius Makinson (1881 - 1963)
- Born
- 18 June 1881
Gladesville, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 27 April 1963
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Parasitologist
Summary
George Heydon was a parasitologist whose research advanced considerably knowledge of human protozoan and helminth parasites. His work was concerned mainly with filariasis, hookworms, tuberculosis and particularly malaria. While posted to Rabaul, Papua New Guinea, to set up a health laboratory for the Commonwealth Department of Health, Heydon established for the first time which species of Anopheles was the main vector for malaria in the region. He continued this work at the Institute of Tropical Medicine as well as identifying the mosquito vectors of filaria in north Queensland. During WWII he contributed significantly to the management of tropical diseases for the armed forces.
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Chronology
- 1903
- Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Cambridge
- 1908
- Education - MB ChM, University of Sydney
- 1916
- Award - Military Cross
- 1920
- Education - Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, University of Cambridge
- 1920
- Education - Diploma of Public Health, University of Cambridge
- 1921 - 1925
- Career position - Pathologist, Commonwealth Department of Health, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
- 1925 - 1930
- Career position - Parasitologist, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville, Queensland
- 1930 - 1946
- Career position - Parasitologist and Lecturer in medical parasitology, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney
- 1938 - 1963
- Career position - Founding Fellow, Royal Australian College of Physicians
- 1946
- Life event - Retired
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- McDonald, G. L., Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Sydney: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1988), 332 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Backhouse, T. C.; and Ford, Edward, 'Obituary: G.A.M. Heydon', Medical Journal of Australia, 1963 (2(11)) (1963), 465-467. Details
- Howie-Willis, Ian, 'Australian malariology during World War II (part 3 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology"', Journal of Military and Veteran's History, 25 (2) (2017), 46-68. Details
Resources
- 'Heydon, George Aloysius Makinson (18810618-19630427)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772669. Details
See also
- Spencer, Margaret, Malaria: the Australian Experience, 1843-1991 (Townsville: Australian College of Tropical Medicine, 1994), 213 pp. Details
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