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Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889 - 1939)

FRS

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Anatomist

Born: 2 August 1889 Horsham, Victoria, Australia. Died: 18 January 1939 London, England.

Herbert Henry Woollard was born and educated in Australia and was Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the University of Adelaide from1928 to 1929. He spent the rest of his illustrious working life in England and is best remembered for his studies on peripheral innervation. Woollard received the French Croix de Guerre and the Symington Memorial Prize from the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
After completing his war service he studied for primary examination at the Royal College of Surgeons and became an Anatomy Demonstrator at University College, London. Woollard remained in London for a few years then came to work at the University of Adelaide, but quickly returned to London to take up a post at the St Bartholomew's Hospital (1929-1936).

Career Highlights

Chronology
1910 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1912 Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne
1914 - 1918 War service with the Australian Army Medical Corps
c. 1919 - c. 1920 Primary examination at the Royal College of Surgeons and became an Anatomy Demonstrator at University College, London
1921 - 1922 Rockefeller Fellow at Johns Hopkins Medical School, USA
1923 - 1927 Assistant Professor of Anatomy at University College, London
1926 Symington Memorial Prize received from the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
1928 - 1929 Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the University of Adelaide
1929 - 1936 Professor of Anatomy at the Medical School of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
1936 Editor of Journal of Anatomy
1936 - 1939 Professor of Anatomy at University College, London
1938 - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

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Prepared by: Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997
Modified: 30 August 2006

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