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Woodruff, Harold Addison (1877 - 1966)

Veterinary scientist and Bacteriologist

Born: 10 July 1877 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England. Died: 1 May 1966 Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland.

Harold Addison Woodruff was professor of veterinary pathology and director of the veterinary institute at the University of Melbourne from 1913 until the veterinary school closed in 1928. He then became director of the bacteriology department, being promoted to professor in 1935 and retiring in 1944. He established the Public Health Laboratories (later the Diagnostic Unit) within the bounds of the university and is commemorated by the Woodruff Theatre in the microbiology building. Woodruff was educated at the Royal Veterinary College, London (MRCVS), London University? (MRCS, LRCP) and at the University of Melbourne (BSc)

Career Highlights

Chronology
1898 Educated at the Royal Veterinary College, London (MRCVS)
1898 - 1899 Tutor in Surgery at the Royal Veterinary College, London
1899 Professor of Veterinary Science and Bacteriology at the Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, UK
1900 - 1908 Professor of Materia Medica and Hygiene at the Royal Veterinary College
1908 - 1912 Professor of Veterinary Medicine at the Royal Veterinary College
1912 MRCS, LRCP
1913 - 1915 Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Director of the Veterinary Institute at the University of Melbourne
1915 - 1917 Major with the Australian Army Veterinary Corps
1917 - 1928 Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Director of the Veterinary Institute at the University of Melbourne
1920 President of Section L of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1920 - 1922 President of the Veterinary Association of Victoria
1922 President of Section L of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science
1922 - 1923 President of the Australian Veterinary Association
1928 - 1944 Director of the Bacteriology Department at the University of Melbourne
1935 - 1944 Professor of the Bacteriology at the University of Melbourne

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 29 January 2007

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