Person

Patterson, Sydney Wentworth (1882 - 1960)

Born
1882
Victoria, Australia
Died
4 May 1960
University Hospital, London, England
Occupation
Medical practitioner, Medical researcher and Pathologist

Summary

Sydney Patterson MB ChB MD DSc FRCP, a highly respected researcher in pathology, physiology and gastroenterology, was the first director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Research Institute, Melbourne from 1919 to 1923.

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Chronology

1904
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Melbourne
1905
Education - Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University of Melbourne
1907
Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne
c. 1908 -
Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Children's Hospital, Melbourne
c. 1908
Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital
c. 1912
Life event - Went to England
c. 1912 - c. 1916
Award - Beit Memorial Research Fellowship
1912 - 1916
Career position - Researcher, University College, London [under Ernest Henry Starling CMG FRCP FRS]
1914 - 1918
Military service - First World War. Major, Assitant adviser in pathology, Royal Army Medical Corps [ Rouen area]
1916
Award - Schafer triennial prize for research, University Collage, London
1916
Education - Doctor of Science in Physiology (DSc), University College, London
1919
Life event - Returned to Australia
1919
Life event - Married Muriel Starling, daughter of Ernest Henry Starling CMG FRCP FRS, at St.Mary's Kilburn, London
1919 - 1923
Career position - First Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne
1921 - 1923
Career position - Foundation Councillor (Pathology), Australian National Research Council
1923
Life event - Moved to North Wales
1923 - 1958
Career position - Clinician, Ruthin Castle Hospital, North Wales
1932
Career event - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP)
1954
Career position - President, British Society of Gastroenterology
1958
Life event - Retired
1958 - 1960
Career position - Researcher in wound healing, University College, London

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Published resources

Edited Books

  • Knox, Errol G. ed., Who's Who in Australia 1935 (Melbourne: Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1935), 567 pp. "Patterson, Sydney Wentworth, MD ChB(Melb) FRCP(Lond)", p.372. Details

Journal Articles

See also

  • Brumby, Margaret, 'A Case Study: the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research', in Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 edited by Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton (Canberra: Australian Science Archives Project, 1995), pp. 57-60., https://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/confs/recovering/brumby.htm. Details

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Created: 25 January 2024

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