Person
Newton, Wilberforce Stephen (Bill) (1890 - 1956)
Kt
- Born
- 27 December 1890
Brighton, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 3 October 1956
- Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Bill Newton was a physician who for over 30 years was associated with the Alfred Hospital. Melbourne. He was a member of the Hospital's Board for 20 years, and as Dean of the clinical school was determined that it should one of Australia's leading schools. Newton was a recognised authority in diseases of the chest. He made significant contributions through his membership of the Victorian Government's Consultative Committee on Tuberculosis and the executive committee of Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. He was a founding Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, serving as Vice-president 1950 - 1952.
Details
Chronology
- 1915
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1915 - 1918
- Career position - Served with the Royal Army Medical Corps
- 1918 - 1923
- Career position - Medical Superintendent (later Clinical Assistant), Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1920
- Education - MD, University of Melbourne
- 1923 - 1933
- Career position - Honorary Physician to Outpatients, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1930 - 1938
- Career position - Member, Association of Physicians of Australasia
- 1933 - 1948
- Career position - Honorary Physician to Inpatients, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1937 - 1956
- Career position - Member, Board of Management, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne
- 1938 - 1956
- Career position - Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1944 - 1955
- Career position - Member of Council, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1948
- Life event - Retired
- 1950
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt)
- 1950 - 1952
- Career position - Vice-President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
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
Book Sections
- Smibert, James, 'Newton, Sir Wilberforce Stephen (1890-1956), Physician' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), p. 470. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150545b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Turnbull, Hume, 'Obituary: Wilberforce Stephen Newton', Medical Journal of Australia, 1957 (1) (1957), 122-3. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21538244. Details
- 'Newton, Wilberforce Stephen (18901227-19561003)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772739. Details
See also
- Alfred Healthcare Group Heritage Committee ed., Alfred Hospital: Faces and Places volume I(-III) (Prahran, Vic.: Alfred Healthcare Group, 1996-2004), 360 pp. Details
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