Biographical entry Mankin, Winifred Roby (1902 - 1972)

Summary

Winifred Roby Mankin initially trained and worked as a research scientist, before turning to medicine. After completing his medical and surgery degrees, Mankin was appointed Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (1939-1947) and then became an Assistant Ophthalmological Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for close to twenty years.

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1925

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1925 - 1932

Career position - Assistant Biochemist at the Cancer Research Commission at the University of Sydney

1929

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney

1933 - 1935

Career position - Physiology Demonstrator at the University of Sydney

1939

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney

1939 - 1947

Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney

1947 - 1962

Career position - Assistant Surgeon of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney

1962 - 1972

Career position - Reserve Honorary Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital?

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Online Resources

• 'Mankin, Winifred Roby', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001740p.htm. Details
• National Library of Australia, 'Mankin, Winifred Roby', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476182. Details