Person
Murphy, Alexander Paterson (Alex) (1892 - 1976)
Kt MC
- Born
- 25 October 1892
Teneriffe, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 1 October 1976
Hamilton, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Cardiologist and Physician
Summary
Alex Murphy was a cardiologist and physician who in a long career associated with the Brisbane General and the Princess Alexandra Hospitals was renowned for his skill at diagnosis and teaching. Having been Lecturer in the School of Medicine at the University of Queensland he became the foundation Professor of Medicine in 1946. Murphy was active in professional associations, being President of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and holding executive positions in the Queensland Branch of the British and Australian Medical Associations. For some years he served on the Commonwealth Government's Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee.
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Chronology
- 1916
- Education - MB BS, University of Sydney
- 1916 - 1917
- Career position - Junior Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1917 - 1919
- Career position - Served with the Australian Imperial Force
- 1919
- Award - Military Cross (MC)
- 1919 - 1920
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1920 - 1928
- Career position - In general practice in Brisbane
- 1920 - 1938
- Career position - Visiting Physician, Brisbane General Hospital
- 1928 - 1976
- Career position - Consultant Physician, Brisbane
- 1930 - 1938
- Career position - Member, Association of Physicians of Australasia
- 1933
- Career position - President, Queensland Branch, British Medical Association
- 1937 - 1946
- Career position - Lecturer, School of Medicine, University of Queensland
- 1938 - 1957
- Career position - Senior Visiting Physician, Brisbane General Hospital
- 1938 - 1962
- Career position - Foundation Member, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1946 - 1950
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Medicine, University of Queensland
- 1947
- Education - MD, University of Sydney
- 1950
- Career position - President, 7th Australasian Medical Congress
- 1952 - 1954
- Career position - President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1953 - 1957
- Career position - Cardiologist, Brisbane General Hospital
- 1954
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt)
- 1954
- Award - Elected Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1954
- Award - Delivered the Bancroft Oration, Queensland Branch, Australian Medical Association
- 1955
- Award - Delivered the Listerian Oration, South Australian Branch, British Medical Association
- 1957 - 1962
- Career position - Visiting Consultant in cardiology and medicine, South Brisbane Hospital
- 1958
- Award - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Tasmania
- 1962
- Life event - Retired
- 1962 - 1976
- Career position - Honorary Consultant, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
- 1964
- Award - Elected Fellow, Australian Medical Association
- 1967
- Award - MD honoris causa, University of Queensland
- 1969
- Career position - Vice-President, Queensland Branch, Australian Medical Association
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Mcleod, G.R.C., 'Murphy, Sir Alexander Paterson (1892-1976), Physician and Cardiologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2000), pp. 444-445. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A150515b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Anon, 'Alexander Paterson Murphy', Medical Journal of Australia, 1977 (1) (1977), 263. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21537872. Details
- 'Murphy, Alexander Paterson (18921025-19761001)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1772681. Details
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