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Osborne, William Alexander (1873 - 1967)

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Physiologist and Medical educator

Born: 26 August 1873 Holywood, Down, Ireland. Died: 28 August 1967 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

William Alexander Osborne was Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne 1904-38 and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine after 1929. He was on the panel of the radio quiz-programme "Information Please" from 1938 and was noted for his memory and wide variety of interests. President of the Royal Society of Victoria 1916-17.

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Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P000688. [ Details ]
Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P000688. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 2 August 2006

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
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