Person

Burkitt, Arthur Neville St George Handcock (1891 - 1959)

Born: 25 March 1891
Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia
Died: 14 December 1959
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Anatomist

Summary

Arthur Burkitt was Professor of Anatomy, University of Sydney 1925-1955. He was fluent in several languages and assisted students by translating for them.

Details

Born Goulburn, New South Wales, 25 March 1891. Died Sydney, 14 December 1959. Educated University of Sydney (BSc 1910, MB 1916). Resident, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1917; part-time demonstrator in anatomy, University of Sydney 1918; surgeon lieutenant, Royal Australian Navy 1918-19; lecturer and demonstrator, anatomy department, University of Sydney 1919-24; associate-professor 1925; Challis professor of anatomy 1926-55. Provided a major collection of European scientific literature which provided the basis of the Burkitt Library in the faculty of medicine.

Chronology

1933 - 1934: Career position - President, Linnean Society of New South Wales

Related Corporate Bodies

Linnean Society of New South Wales (1874 - )
President 1933 - 1934
Royal Australian Navy (1911 - )
Arthur Burkitt served as a Surgeon Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Navy from 1918 to 1919.

Date: 1918 - 1919
The University of Sydney (1850 - )
Arthur Burkitt held multiple positions within the field of Anatomy at the University of Sydney between 1918 and 1955. Positions included, part-time Demonstrator (1918), Lecturer (1919 - 1924), Associate Professor (1925) and Challis Professor (1926 - 1955).

Date: 1918 - 1955

Archival resources

University of Sydney, Archives

Arthur Neville St George Handcock Burkitt - Records, 1923 - 1950, P 151; University of Sydney, Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

Stone, Jonathan, 'Burkitt, Arthur Neville St George Handcock (1891-1959), Professor of Anatomy' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 13 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 306-307. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130346b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21535803. Details
VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92467896. Details
'Burkitt, Arthur Neville (1891-1959)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469099. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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