Principle Teachers in Medical Subjects before the Establishment of Appropriate Chairs
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Physiology, Histology and Anatomy [1]
| 1882–1889 | W. A. Haswell[1]
Demonstrator in Histology, (1882–1888) Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy and Physiology (1882–1886) Lecturer in Zoology and Comparative Anatomy (1885–1888) Lecturer in Biology (1889) | |
| 1883–1888 | Sir Alexander MacCormick
KCMG MD ChM Edin. FRACS HonFRCS HonFRCSEd Demonstrator in Anatomy and Physiology (to 1885) Demonstrator in Physiology (to 1888) | |
| 1886 | Sir James Graham
Kt MA MD ChM Edin. MB Demonstrator in Anatomy | |
| 1887–1889 | J. T. Wilson
MB ChM Edin. MA FRS Demonstrator in Anatomy | |
| 1889–1890 | Sir Almroth Wright
Kt BA MB Dublin BA Cantab. FRS Demonstrator in Physiology | |
| 1891–1896 | Sir Charles Martin
Kt MB BS Lond. FRS Demonstrator in Physiology | |
| 1897 | Frank Tidswell
MB ChM Demonstrator in Physiology | |
| 1898–1902 | Herbert Hawker
Demonstrator in Physiology | |
| 1903–1918 | H. G. Chapman
MD BS Melb. Demonstrator, Lecturer, Assistant Professor of Physiology | |
| 1906 | A. H. Moseley
MB ChM Demonstrator in Physiology | |
| 1907–1909 | H. L. Kesteven
DSc MD ChM Demonstrator in Physiology | |
| 1910–1911 | E. C. Grey
BSc Demonstrator in Physiology | |
| 1912–1923 | J. R. L. Dixon
MRCS Junior Demonstrator Department of Physiology 1912–1916 Department of Physiology Demonstrator 1917–1922 Department of Anatomy Lecturer in Histology 1923 | |
| 1924–1926 | H. J. Wilkinson
MA Adel. MD ChM Lecturer in Histology (Department of Anatomy) | |
| 1927–1929 | C. W. Stump
MD ChM DSc Edin. FRCSEd Associate Professor (Department of Anatomy) |
Pathology and Bacteriology
Chair in Pathology established 1902; D. A. Welsh foundation Professor. Chair in Bacteriology established 1930; H. D. Wright foundation (Bosch) Professor.
| 1883–1901 | W. Camac Wilkinson[1]
MD Lond. MD Melb. BA MRCS FRCP | |
| 1899 | Sydney Jamieson[1]
MB ChM Edin. | |
| 1901 | BA |
Medicine
Chair in Principles and Practice of Medicine established in 1920; A. E. Mills foundation Professor. Title of Chair changed to Medicine 1930; G. G. Lambie first (Bosch) Professor
Principles and Practice of Medicine
| 1882–1900 | J. C. Cox
MD Edin. FRCSEd FLS | |
| 1901–1909 | W. Camac Wilkinson
MD BS Lond. MD Melb. BA MRCS FRCP | |
| 1910–1919 | A. E. Mills
MB ChM |
Clinical Medicine
| 1885–1888 | Alfred Shewen
MD Lond. MRCS | |
| 1886–1888 | A. M. Oram
MD ChM Edin. MD | |
| 1889–1911 | Robert Scot Skirving
MB ChM Edin. MB HonFRCS FRACS FRACP | |
| 1911–1922 | G. E. Rennie
MD Lond. BA MRCS FRCP | |
| 1911–1928 | Sinclair Gillies
MA N.Z. MD Lond. MD | |
| 1912–1933 | Sir Charles Bickerton Blackburn
Chancellor 1941–1964 | |
| 1914–1926 | Sydney Jamieson[1]
MB ChM Edin. BA (for Sydney Hospital) |
Surgery
Chair in Principles and Practice of Surgery established 1921; F. P. Sandes foundation (McCaughey) Professor. Title of chair changed to Surgery 1930; Sir Harold Dew first (Bosch) Professor.
Principles and Practice of Surgery
| 1882–1889 | Frederick Milford
MD Heidelberg MD LRCP MRCS | |
| 1890–1914 | Sir Alexander MacCormick
KCMG MD Edin. FRACS HonFRCS HonFRCSEd | |
| 1914–1920 | F. P. Sandes
MD ChM BSc |
Clinical Surgery
| 1885–1888 | W. H. Goode[1]
MA MD ChM Dublin | |
| 1886–1888 | G. T. Hankins
MRCS LSA | |
| 1889–1892 | S. T. Knaggs
MD ChM Edin. MD FRCSIrel | |
| 1893–1896 | G. T. Hankins
MRCS LSA | |
| 1893–1894 | G. E. Twynam
MRCS | |
| 1895–1907 | Sir Charles Clubbe
Kt MRCS LRCP | |
| 1897–1898 | J. F. McAllister
MD BS Melb. | |
| 1899–1913 | H. V. C. Hinder
MB ChM | |
| 1911–1922 | Charles MacLaurin
MB ChM Edin. FRCSEd | |
| 1911–1928 | G. H. Abbott
BA MB ChM | |
| 1914–1925 | R. G. Craig
MB ChM | |
| 1914–1922 | Sir Herbert Maitland
Kt MB ChM (for Sydney Hospital) | |
| 1915–1926 | R. J. St J. Dansy
MB BS ChM |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Chair in Obstetrics established 1925; J. C. Windeyer foundation Professor. Title of Chair changed to Obstretrics and Gynaecology 1964; B. T. Mayes first Professor.
Midwifery and Diseases of Women
| 1882–1896 | Thomas Chambers
MRCS FRCPEd FRCSEd |
Midwifery
| 1897–1912 | Sir James Graham
Kt MA MD ChM Edin. MB | |
| 1913–1920 | Fourness Barrington
MB ChM Edin. FRCS FRACS | |
| 1920–1924 | J. C. Windeyer
MD ChM FRACS FRCOG MRCS LRCP |
Gynaecology
| 1897–1919 | Joseph Foreman
MRCS LRCP | |
| 1920–1924 | Fourness Barrington
MB ChM Edin. FRCS FRACS | |
| 1924–1934 | R. L. Davis
OBE MB ChM FRCS FRACS | |
| 1935–1943 | Sir Herbert Schlink
Kt MB ChM FRACS FRCOG FRGS OBE MB ChM FRCS FRACS | |
| 1944–1947 | F. A. Maguire
CMG DSO VD MD FRCSEd FRACS FACS FRCOG | |
| 1948–1963 | Sir George Stening
Kt KtStJ ED MB BS FRCSEd FRACS FRCOG FRACOG | |
| 1964–1967 | M. J. L. Stening
VRD MD BS FRCS FRACS FRCOG |
Materia Medica and Therapeutics
Chair in Pharmacology first established 1918 (H. G. Chapman foundation Professor) but discontinued when Chapman became Professor of Physiology in 1921. The Chair was re-established in 1949 with R. H. Thorp as Professor. After 1934, until the re-establishment.
| 1882–1917 | Thomas Storie Dixson
KtStJ MB ChM Edin. | |
| 1918–1920 | H. G. Chapman
MD BS Melb. | |
| 1921–1934 | John MacPherson
MA MB ChM BSc | |
| 1939–1949 | Sir William Morrow
Kt MB BS MRCP |
Public Health and Preventive Medicine
Chair in Preventive Medicine established 1930; Harvey Sutton foundation Professor.
| 1882–1903 | W. H. Goode[1]
MA MD ChM Dublin | |
| 1904–1920 | W. G. Armstrong
DPH Cantab. BA MB ChM | |
| 1921–1928 | Harvey Sutton
OBE MD ChB DPH Melb. BSc Oxon. FRSH FRACP |
Medical Jurisprudence
Chair in Forensic Pathology created 1978; vacant pro tem. Formal teaching in Medical Jurisprudence ceased in 1976.
| 1883–1903 | W. H. Goode[1]
MA MD ChM Dublin MA MD ChM Dublin | |
| 1904–1909 | Sydney Jamieson[1]
MB ChM Edin. BA | |
| 1910–1931 | R. H. Todd
BA Oxon. MD ChB Dublin DSM FRCSIrel | |
| 1932–1939 | A. A. Palmer[1]
MB ChM Edin. FRCSEd MRCS LRCP | |
| 1940–1953 | Stratford Sheldon
MB ChM | |
| 1954–1968 | C. E. Percy
MB ChM | |
| 1969–1972 | John Laing
MB BS MCPA | |
| 1973–1976 | E. B. La’Brooy
MB BS Malaya DCP Lond. MCPath |
Psychological Medicine[1]
Chair in Psychiatry established 1922; Sir John Macpherson foundation Professor.
| 1886–1888 | F. N. Manning
MD StAnd. MRCS LSA | |
| 1889–1907 | Chisholm Ross
MD ChM Edin. MD | |
| 1908–1914 | J. F. Froude Flashman
BA MD ChM BSc | |
| 1908–1921 | Andrew Davidson
MD Aberd. | |
| 1952–1955 | E. A. Marsden[1]
DPM Ireland MB BS |
Ophthalmology[1]
Chair in Clinical Ophthalmology established 1977; F. A. Billson foundation Professor.
| 1889–1921 | F. A. Pockley
MB ChM Edin. MB | |
| 1922–1939 | R. G. Waddy
MB ChM | |
| 1940–1951 | Sir Norman Gregg
Kt MB ChM | |
| 1953 | J. A. F. Flynn
VD MB ChM DO Oxon. DOMS Lond. FRACS | |
| 1954–1958 | C. G. H. Blakemore
MB ChM DOMS FRCSEd FRACS | |
| 1959–1964 | K. B. Armstrong
MB BS DOMS FRACS FRACO | |
| 1965–1970 | F. P. C. Claffey
MB BS DOMS DO(RLOH) FRACO | |
| 1971–1977 | E. J. Donaldson
MB BS DO FRACS FRACO |
Diseases of the Ear, Nose and Throat
Chair in Otolaryngology established 1982; W. P. R. Gibson foundation Professor (from 1983).
| 1901–1906 | G. T. Hankins[1]
MRCS | |
| 1907–1914 | H. R. Nolan
MB ChM | |
| 1915–1918 | Vacant | |
| 1919–1924 | H. W. J. Marks
MA MD ChB Cantab. MRCS LRCP | |
| 1925–1928 | W. C. Mansfield
MD ChM FRCS | |
| 1929–1939 | R. S. Godsall
MB ChM FRCS | |
| 1940–1948 | Garnet Halloran
MD ChM BSc | |
| 1949–1961 | Sir George Halliday
Kt MB ChM FRCSEd FRACS | |
| 1962–1976 | V. G. Bulteau
MB BS DLO FRACS | |
| 1977–1979 | B. N. P. Benjamin
OBE MB BS DLO FRACS | |
| 1980 | B. P. Scrivener
MB BS DLO FRCS FRCSEd FRACS | |
| 1981–1983 | J. H. Seymour
MB BS FRCS |
Diseases of the Skin
| 1901–1912 | F. A. Bennett[1]
MD Aberd. MD | |
| 1913–1944 | E. H. Molesworth
MB ChM | |
| 1945–1961 | J. C. Belisario
CBE ED MD ChM DDM FACD | |
| 1962–1966 | R. B. Perkins
MB BS BSc MRCP FRACP FACD | |
| 1967–1976 | A. M. Johnson
CBE MB BS DR DDM FRCA FACD FRACP | |
| 1977– | W. E. de Launey
MB BS DDM FACD FRACP |
Paediatrics[1]
| 1901–1910 | A. E. Mills[1]
MB ChM | |
| 1911–1925 | Vacant |
Paediatric Medicine
| 1926–1939 | E. H. M. Stephen
MB ChM | |
| 1940–1947 | L. H. Hughes
MD ChM | |
| 1948–1949 | Sir Lorimer Dods
Kt MVO MD ChM DCH(RCP&S) FRACP |
Paediatric Surgery
Chair in Child Health established 1949; Sir Lorimer Dods foundation Professor.
| 1926–1933 | Sir Robert Wade
Kt MD ChM | |
| 1934–1939 | P. L. Hipsley
MD ChM | |
| 1940–1944 | H. G. Humphries
MB ChM | |
| 1945–1950 | C. H. Wesley
MB ChM | |
| 1952–1955 | T. Y. Nelson
MB ChM FRACS | |
| 1955–1960 | J. S. Steigrad
CBE ED MB ChM FRACS | |
| 1961–1965 | E. S. Stuckey
MB MS FRACS | |
| 1966–1980 | D. L. Dey
MB MS FRACS | |
| 1981– | D. H. Cohen
MB BS FRACS | |
| 1981– | A. W. Middleton MB BS FRCS FRACS |
Medical Ethics
Formal teaching in Medical Ethics ceased in 1964.
| 1901–1906 | Sir Philip Sydney Jones
Kt MD Lond. FRCS LSA | |
| 1907–1909 | R. H. Todd
BA Oxon. MD ChB Dublin DSM FRCSIrel | |
| 1910–1916 | Sir Philip Sydney Jones
Kt MD Lond. FRCS | |
| 1917 | Robert Scot Skirving
MB ChM Edin. MB FRACS FRACP HonFRCS | |
| 1918–1921 | Vacant | |
| 1922–1931 | R. H. Todd
BA Oxon. MD ChB Dublin DSM FRCSIrel | |
| 1932–1939 | A. A. Palmer[1]
MB ChM Edin. FRCSEd MRCS LRCP | |
| 1940–1964 | J. G. Hunter
CMG MB ChM BSc |
Biochemistry
Chair in Biochemistry established 1938; Henry Priestley foundation McCaughey Professor in Department of Physiology. Separate Department established 1939.
| 1903–1928 | H. G. Chapman
MD BS Melb. Demonstrator, Lecturer, Assistant Professor and Professor in Physiology and Pharmacology | |
| 1914–1915 | H. S. H. Wardlaw
DSc | |
| 1919–1938 | Junior Demonstrator, Demonstrator and Lecturer in Physiology | |
| 1916–1938 | Ellen M. Hindmarsh
BSc Junior Demonstrator, Demonstrator, Lecturer in Physiology | |
| 1918–1939 | Henry Priestley
MD ChM BSc Lecturer, McCaughey Associate Professor and Professor (in the Department of Physiology until 1938) | |
| 1934–1937 | J. L. Still
PhD BSc Demonstrator, Assistant Lecturer in Physiology | |
| 1938–1941 | Doris Anderson
BSc Melb. Assistant Lecturer, Lecturer in Physiology |
Anaesthetics
Chair in Anaesthetics established 1963; Douglas Joseph foundation (Nuffield) Professor.
| 1913–1933 | M. C. Lidwill
MD BS Melb. MD FRACP HonFFARACS | |
| 1934–1960 | W. I. T. Hotten
MB ChM DA(RCS&P) FRACP FFARCS | |
| 1961–1963 | L. T. Shea
MB BS DA FFARACS FFARCS |
Infectious Diseases
Since 1942 the subject of Infectious Diseases has been taught as part of the courses of the Departments of Medicine and Bacteriology.
| 1916–1928 | R. J. Millard MB ChM | |
| 1929–1933 | Vacant | |
| 1934–1936 | H. V. D. Baret BA MB BS | |
| 1937 | F. H. H. Wilson MB BSc | |
| 1938–1942 | N. J. Symington MB ChM |
Medical Statistics
Chair of Mathematical Statistics established 1959; H. O. Lancaster, foundation Professor.
| 1930–1946 | A. H. Baldwin[1]
MB BS DPH Melb. DTM&H Lond. FRACP | |
| 1946–1959 | H. O. Lancaster
BA MD BS PhD DSc FISI FIMS FASA HonLMAMS HonLMSSA HonFSS FAA |
Tropical Medicine
Chair in Tropical Medicine established 1947; A. H. Baldwin foundation Professor.
| 1930–1946 | A. H. Baldwin
MB BS DPH Melb. DTM&H Lond. FRACP |
Nutrition
Chair in Human Nutrition established 1978; A. S. Truswell foundation (Boden) Professor.
| 1931–1938 | F. W. Clements[1]
MD BS DTM DPH | |
| 1952–1969 | ||
| 1974–1977 | P. F. Heywood
BRurSci N.E. MNS PhD Cornell |
Environmental Health and Occupational Health
Chair in Environmental Health established 1966; R. K. Macpherson foundation Professor. Title changed to Occupational and Environmental Health in 1976; David Ferguson first Professor.
| 1949–1974 | G. C. Smith[1]
MB BS DPH MRACP | |
| 1975–1976 | D. A. Ferguson
MD BS FRACP | |
| 1958–1966 | R. K. Macpherson[1]
MSc MD BS Qld FRACP |