Biographical entry Macfarlane, Walter Victor (1913 - 1982)

Summary

Victor Macfarlane was Professor of Animal Physiology, University of Adelaide 1964-1978. Earlier he was Professorial Fellow in Physiology at the Australian National University, Canberra 1958-1964 and Professor of Physiology, University of Queensland 1949-1958. He had wide ranging scientific interests, but worked particularly on physiological mechanisms of adaptation to different environments, especially heat.

Details

Born Christchurch, New Zealand, 27 September 1913. Died Canberra, 26 February 1982. Educated Universities of Canterbury (MA Zoology 1936) and Otago (MB, ChB 1945, MD cum laude 1950). Parasitologist, Wallaceville Laboratory, New Zealand 1937-38; Assistant in Neurosurgery, Dunedin Hospital 1946-47; Senior Lecturer in Physiology, University of Otago 1948-49; Professor of Physiology, University of Queensland 1949-58; Professorial Fellow in Physiology, Australian National University 1959-64; Professor of Animal Physiology, University of Adelaide 1964-78, Professor Emeritus from 1979. Fellow, Australian Academy of Science 1972; Fellow of ANZAAS.; Petersen Award in Animal Climatology; Decennial Medal, Negev Institute for Arid Zone Research; Mueller Medal, ANZAAS.

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Archival resources

Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide

• Walter Victor Macfarlane - Records, 1947 - 1986, MSS 0006; Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• McIntyre, A. K., 'Walter Victor Macfarlane 1913-82', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 2, 1985, pp. 247-265. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9850620247.htm. Details

Online Resources

• McIntyre, A. K., 'Walter Victor Macfarlane 1913-1982', in Australian Academy of Science Biographical Memoirs, Australian Academy of Science, 2006, http://www.science.org.au/fellows/memoirs/macfarlane.html. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Macfarlane, Walter Victor', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474285. Details

See also

• Glover, W. E., 'Robert Ford Whelan 1922-1984', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 6, no. 3, 1986, pp. 409-421. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9860630409.htm. Details