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.
Details
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
Related entries
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", p.372. Details
Journal Articles
- 'Obituary: S. W. Patterson, MD DSc FRCP', British Medical Journal, 1575, https://doi.org/10.1136%2Fbmj.1.5185.1575. Details
Ken McInnes
Created: 25 January 2024