Biographical entry Wettenhall, Roland Ravenscroft (1882 - 1965)

Summary

Roland Ravenscroft Wettenhall had an extensive private practice as a dermatologist from soon after his graduation in 1906 until his retirement in 1959. His major interests were related to radium and superficial X-ray therapy.

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Events

1906

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

c. 1907

Career position - Resident at the Hobart Hospital

c. 1908 - 1959

Career position - Private dermatology practice

1914 - 1919

Career position - War service with the Royal Army Medical Corps

1919 -

Career position - Honorary Dermatologist at the Hospital for Sick Children and Alfred Hospital

1922 - 1942

Career position - Honorary Dermatologist at the Melbourne Hospital

1929

Career position - President of the dermatology section of the Australasian Medical Congress (British Medical Association) in Sydney

1937

Career position - President of the British Association of Dermatology and Syphilology, Victorian branch

1938 -

Award - Foundation Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP)

1941 - 1949

Career position - Foundation President of the Genealogical Society of Victoria

1948

Career position - Foundation member of the Dermatological Association of Australia (Australian College of Dermatology)

1952 - 1955

Career position - President of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria

Published resources

Book Sections

• Gandevia, Bryan, 'Wettenhall, Roland Ravenscroft (1882-1965), Dermatologist', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 451-452. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120505b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Wettenhall, Roland Ravenscroft', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468519. Details