Biographical entry Lawrence, Gordon Ord (1896 - 1960)

Summary

Gordon Ord Lawrence began his dental training in Western Australia where he apprenticed to James Alexander Wright for eighteen months. He had a short stint with the Australian Imperial Force then moved to Melbourne where he completed a Bachelor of Dentistry (1922). Three years later he was appointed dental house surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital and from 1930 was their honorary dental surgeon. Lawrence also worked in private practice and taught at the University of Adelaide. He invented the Lawrence Matrix instrument which received world acclaim for its advancement of the restoration of compound cavities.

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Events

August 1916 - June 1917

Career position - Private then Staff Sergeant in the Dental Corps of the Australian Imperial Force, Australia

1919 - 1922

Education - Bachelor of Dental Science (BDSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1925

Career position - Registered with the Dental Board of South Australia

1925 - 1927

Career position - Dental House Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital

1927 - c. 1937

Career position - Private practice in Largs Bay, South Australia

1930 -

Career position - Honorary Dental Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital

1936 -

Career position - Instructor in Prosthetic Dentistry at the University of Adelaide

1937 - ?

Career position - Private practice at Semaphore, South Australia

1945

Education - Doctorate of Dental Science received from the University of Adelaide

Published resources

Book Sections

• Page, Geoffrey, 'Lawrence, Gordon Ord (1896-1960), Dentist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 10, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1986, p. 14. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100012b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Lawrence, Gordon Ord', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469699. Details