Person

Wright, Douglas (1907 - 1990)

AK

Born
7 August 1907
Central Castra, Tasmania, Australia
Died
28 February 1990
Occupation
Pathologist and University Chancellor
Alternative Names
  • Wright, Roy (Also known as)

Summary

Roy Wright was Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne 1939-1971 and played a leading role in the direction taken by medical research during that period in Australia. He was Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1980-1989.

Details

Chronology

1937
Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne
1937 - 1939
Career position - Worked with Howard Florey in England
1939 - 1971
Career position - Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne
1971 - 1975
Career position - Medical Director, Peter MacCallum Institute, Melbourne
1972 - 1980
Career position - Deputy Chancellor, University of Melbourne
1980
Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
1980 - 1989
Career position - Chancellor, University of Melbourne
1983
Award - Knight of the Order of Australia (AK) - for service to education learning and medicine

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Archival resources

The University of Melbourne Archives

  • (Roy) Douglas Wright - Records, 1933 - 1975; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Books

  • McPhee, Peter, The Politics of Knowledge: Towards a Biography of R. D. ('Pansy') Wright (Melbourne: History of the University Project, University of Melbourne, 1995), 20 pp. Details
  • McPhee, Peter, Pansy: a life of Roy Douglas Wright (Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 1999), 265 pp. Details

Book Sections

Journal Articles

  • Anon, 'Roy Douglas Wright', Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science, 50 (7) (1972), 791-4. Details
  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, '150 Years, 150 Stories: Roy Douglas Wright', Uni News, 12 (6) (2003), 4. Details

Resources

See also

  • Dahlitz, Ray, Secular who's who : a biographical directory of freethinkers, secularists, rationalists, humanists and others involved in Australia's secular movement from 1850 onwards (Balwyn, Victoria: R. Dahlitz, 1994), 192 pp. p.173. Details
  • Danks, D.; Duffield, A.; Sargeson, A., 'Berthold Halpern 1923-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540072. Details
  • Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter, 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne (Melbourne: Department of History, University of Melbourne, 2003), 168 pp. Details
  • Glover, W. E., 'Robert Ford Whelan 1922-1984', Historical Records of Australian Science, 6 (3) (1986), 409-421. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9860630409. Details
  • Redgrave, T. G., 'Wilfred John Simmonds 1918-1990', Historical Records of Australian Science, 8 (4) (1991), 265-275. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9910840265. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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