Biographical entry
| Home | Browse | Search | Previous | Next |
|
|
Bright Sparcs
Biographical entry
|
|
|
Hurst, Edward Weston (1900 - 1980) |
| Bacteriologist and Pathologist |
| Born: 1900 Birmingham, England. Died: 1980 Southampton, England. |
| Edward Weston Hurst was Director of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide 1936-43 and Keith Sheridan Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Adelaide 1938-43. He spent most of the remainder of his career in England. |
Career Highlights |
| Born Birmingham, UK, 1900. Died Southampton, UK 1980. Educated University of Birmingham (BSc 1920, MB, ChB 1922, MD 1924, DSc 1932). Walter Myers Travelling Student University of Birmingham 1923-24, postgraduate study and research work at National Hospital, Queen Square, London 1923-25, Pathologist to Miller General Hospital for S.E. London 1926-28, Pathologist to Millbank fund for Research on Poliomyelitis 1928-32, Associate at Rockefeller Institute, Princeton 1932-34, Member of Research Staff, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London 1932-36, Reader in Experimental Pathology, University of London 1932-36, William Withering Lecturer, University of Birmingham 1935, Director, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide 1936-43, Keith Sheridan Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Adelaide, 1938-43. Returned to England to become Bacteriologist, Biological Department, Imperial Chemical (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd., Manchester, later becoming Head of the Subdivision of Micro-organismal Research, then Pathologist to the Industrial Hygiene Research Laboratory, then consultant to the laboratory after his retirement. Sir Joseph Bancroft Orator, Qld Branch, British Medical Association 1940; G.E. Rennie Memorial Lecturer Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1941. |
|
|
| ||
|
Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007 Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Disclaimer, Copyright and Privacy Policy Submit any comments, questions, corrections and additions Prepared by: Acknowledgements Updated: 26 February 2007 http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P002405b.htm |