Biographical entry Newton, Hibbert Alan Stephen (1887 - 1949)

Summary

(Sir) Hibbert Alan S. Newton, a graduate of the University of Melbourne, had a life-long association with the (Royal) Melbourne Hospital. He was a foundation fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and chairman of the Medical Equipment Control Committee 1940-45.

Details

Born Malvern, Victoria, 30 April 1887. Died East Melbourne, 4 August 1949. Educated University of Melbourne (MBBS 1909, MS 1912). Honorary Surgical Clinical Assistant, (Royal) Melbourne Hospital 1912-13; Honorary Surgeon to Out-Patients 1913-27; Captain and Temporary Major, Australian Army Medical Corps 1914-18; Honorary Surgeon to In-Patients and Clinical Lecturer in Surgery 1927, Honorary Consulting Surgeon Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital Melbourne; Stewart lecturer in surgery, University of Melbourne from 1947. Chairman Medical Equipment Control Committee 1940-45; Censor in Chief 1933-43. Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1927, President 1943-45. In 1934 he assisted in the development of the Oral Examination of the College.

Archival resources

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

• Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton - Records, 1927 - 1949; Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Hibbert Alan Stephen Newton - Records, 1939 - 1943; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Rank, B.K., 'Newton, Sir Hibbert Alan Stephen (1887-1949), surgeon', in Geoffrey Serle (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 11, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988, pp. 16-17. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110018b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Newton, Hibbert Alan Stephen', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474290. Details

See also

• Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/scripts/tia-dynindex.php3?EID=P001023. Details
• Fenner, F., 'Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 7, no. 1, 1987, pp. 39-77. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9870710039.htm. Details