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Champion de Crespigny, Constantine Trent (1882 - 1952) |
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| Born: 5 March 1882 Queenscliffe, Victoria, Australia. Died: 27 October 1952 Adelaide, Victoria, Australia. | ||
| (Sir) Constantine Trent Champion De Crespigny was a consulting physician in Adelaide from 1919, serving as honorary physician at the Adelaide and Adelaide Children's Hospital and as Dean and Chief Examiner in Medicine at the University of Adelaide 1929-48. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Queenscliffe, Victoria, 5 March 1882. Died Adelaide, 27 October 1952. DSO 1917, knighted 1941. Educated University of Melbourne (MB 1903, BS 1904, MD 1906). Resident, Melbourne hospitals 1904-07; private practice, Glenthompson 1907-08; Medical Superintendent, Adelaide Hospital from 1909; private practice as a specialist physician 1912-15; Director, Government Bacteriological and Pathological Laboratory, Adelaide Hospital and lecturer in pathology, medical school, University of Adelaide 1912-19; war service Gallilopili, Rouen and England; private practice, Adelaide 1919-; honorary physician, Adelaide and Adelaide children's hospitals; dean and chief examiner in medicine, medical school, University of Adelaide 1929-48. Raised funds for the establishment of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science and became the first chairman of its council on its establishment in 1937 till 1952. President, South Australian branch, British Medical Association 1925-26; one of the founders of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and president 1942-44. |
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