Sear, Herbert Roy (1886 - 1962)

Summary

Herbert Sear was a radiologist with an international reputation on the radiology of bone diseases and abnormalities of the skeleton. His early practice was in both radiotherapy and radiodiagnosis, but by the 1920s he was specialising in diagnosis. For over 40 years he was in private practice in Sydney, while also holding honorary positions in a number of Sydney's leading hospitals. He became Head of the Department of Radiology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Sear played a key role in the foundation of the Australian and New Zealand College of Radiology in 1935 and was President of its successor, the College of Radiologists (Australian and New Zealand). On retiring he gave his large collection of slides of bone diseases to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. In 1968 his widow gave the College of Radiologists of Australasia an assemblage of journals, slides, notes and skiagrams, now known as the Herbert Roy Sear Collection.

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Chronology

1910

Education - MB, University of Sydney

1911

Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1912 - ?

Career position - Honorary Radiologist, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney

1912

Career position - Resident Radiologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1913 - 1957

Career position - In private practice, Macquarie St Sydney

1914

Career position - Honorary Assistant Radiologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney

1935

Career position - President, Section of Radiology, British Medical Association Congress, Hobart

1935 - 1942

Career position - Founding Member, Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiology

1938

Education - Diploma in Radiation, University of Sydney

1938 - 1962

Career position - Founding Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians

1939

Career position - Founding Fellow, Faculty of Radiologists of Great Britain

1939

Award - Honorary Member, Australian Orthopaedic Association

1942 - 1949

Career position - Member, Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiologists

1949 - 1952

Career position - Fellow, College of Radiologists (Australian and New Zealand)

1951 - 1952

Career position - President, College of Radiologists (Australian and New Zealand)

1952 - 1957

Award - Fellow, College of Radiologists of Australasia

1957

Life event - Retired from active practice

1957 - 1962

Award - Life member, College of Radiologists of Australasia

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

• Tate, Audrey, 'Sear, Herbert Roy (1886-1962), Radiologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z, John Ritchie and Diane Langmore, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2002), pp. 203-204. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160240b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• Booth, E.. A., 'Obituary: Herbert Roy Sear', Medical Journal of Australia, 1963 (1) (1963), 635-636. Details
• C., A. R., 'Herbert Roy Sear, M.B., F.F.R. (Eng.), D.R. (Syd.), F.R.A.C.P., F.C.R.A.', Journal of the College of Radiologists of Australasia, 7 (1963), 7-8. Details
• Owen, Morris D., 'The Archives of the College: guide to the Herbert Roy Sear Collection', Australasian radiology, 13 (3) (1969), 268-76. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1673.1969.tb01604x. Details
• Owen, Morris D., 'The Archives of the College: guide to the Herbert Roy Sear Collection (continued)', Australasian radiology, 14 (3) (1970), 332-42. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1673.1970.tb01643.x. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24082465. Details
• 'Sear, Herbert Roy (18860216-19621124)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1470891. Details