Biographical entry Black, Robert Hughes (1917 - 1988)

Summary

Robert Hughes Black was Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney from 1963 to 1982. He also worked at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (1946-1948) before joining the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Sydney in 1951. Black also worked as a consultant physician at St Vincent's Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Prince Henry's Hospital. He was educated at the Universities of Sydney (MB, BS) and Liverpool (Dip. Tropical Medicine and Health, ED, MD, Dip Anth) and served as a captain and physician with the Australian Army Medical Corps during World War II.

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1941 - 1946

Career position - Medical Scientist at LHQ Medical Research Unit in Cairns, Queensland

1946 - 1948

Career position - UK Medical Research Council Fellow at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine

1951 - 1963

Career position - Lecturer (to 1955) then Senior Lecturer in the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney

1963 - 1982

Career position - Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney

1986

Award - Darling Prize and Medal for Malaria received from the World Health Organisation

Archival resources

Private hands (Black, R.H.)

• Robert Hughes Black - Records, 1917 - 1988; Private hands (Black, R.H.). Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Cossart, Yvonne, 'Black, Robert Hughes (1917-1988), Professor of Tropical Medicine', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 17, 2007, pp. 107-108. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Black, Robert H', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-444708. Details