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Biographical entry McKelvey, John Lawrance (1881 - 1939)
FRACS
- Born
- 9 February 1881
Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia - Died
- 7 July 1939
Potts Point, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Surgeon
Summary
(Sir) John Lawrance McKelvey was Honorary Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred and St Vincent's Hospitals in New South Wales during the 1920s. During this time he also worked as a consultant at the South Sydney Women's and Canterbury District Memorial hospitals, and was surgical tutor (for ten years) and clinical surgery lecturer at the University of Sydney. He was knighted in 1933.
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Events
- 1905
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1905
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1906
- Career position - Acting Medical Superintendent at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1907
- Career position - Demonstrator in Anatomy at the University of Sydney
- 1908
- Career position - Medical Superintendent at the Melbourne Hospital, Victoria
- 1909 - c. 1920
- Career position - Medical Superintendent at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
- 1911
- Career position - Set up a private medical practice
- 1911
- Education - Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1913 - c. 1920
- Career position - Honorary Assistant Surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital
- c. 1926 -
- Career position - Lecturer in Clinical Surgery at the University of Sydney
- 1927
- Award - Foundation Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
- 1933
- Award - Knighted
- 1937 -
- Career position - Council member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- 1939
- Career position - Vice-President of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Published resources
Book Sections
- Miller, Douglas, 'McKelvey, Sir John Lawrance (1881-1939), Surgeon', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, p. 300. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100293b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'McKelvey John Lawrance', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476437. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 9 October 2006
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