Person
Newland, Henry Simpson (1873 - 1969)
AM Kt CBE
- Born
- 24 November 1873
Kensington, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 13 November 1969
South Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Surgeon
Summary
Sir Henry Newland held surgical lecturing appointments in the University of Adelaide's Medical School 1912-1938. During World War I he was Lieut-Colonel commanding the Australian section of the Queen Mary Hospital where pioneer work in plastic surgery was carried out.
Details
Chronology
- 1918
- Award - Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) - AIF - Medical Corps
- 1919
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) - Army - Medical Corps AIF
- 1928
- Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Services to medicine
- 1952
- Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
- 2005
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - For service to medicine in the field of ophthalmology, particularly in relation to Indigenous health and to reduction of eye disease in developing countries
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Hughes, J. Escourt, Henry Simpson Newland: a biography (Adelaide: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1972), 129 pp. Details
- Kenny, Patrick (Sir), The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Melbourne, Victoria: The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 1984), 84 pp, https://www.surgeons.org/-/media/Project/RACS/surgeons-org/files/our-heritage-archives/founders.pdf. Details
Book Sections
- Hicks, Neville; Leopold, Elisabeth, 'Newland, Sir Henry Simpson, (1873-1969), Surgeon' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Geoffrey Serle, ed., vol. 11 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1988), pp. 8-9. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A110010b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Newland, Henry, 'The Archibald Watson Memorial Lecture', Medical Journal of Australia (1947), 281-287. Details
- Newland, Henry, 'Obituary: Constantine Trent Chanpion de Crespigny', Medical Journal of Australia, 1853 (1) (1953), 423-5. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15488706. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92072088. Details
- 'Newland, Henry Simpson (1873-1969)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-499524. Details
- 'Awarded honorary LLD, 1952', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
Gavan McCarthy [P004098]
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 6 October 2023
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