Biographical entry Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889 - 1939)

Summary

Herbert Henry Woollard was born and educated in Australia and was Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the University of Adelaide from1928 to 1929. He spent the rest of his illustrious working life in England and is best remembered for his studies on peripheral innervation. Woollard received the French Croix de Guerre and the Symington Memorial Prize from the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

After completing his war service he studied for primary examination at the Royal College of Surgeons and became an Anatomy Demonstrator at University College, London. Woollard remained in London for a few years then came to work at the University of Adelaide, but quickly returned to London to take up a post at the St Bartholomew's Hospital (1929-1936).

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1910

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

1912

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne

1914 - 1918

Career position - War service with the Australian Army Medical Corps

c. 1919 - c. 1920

Education - Primary examination at the Royal College of Surgeons and became an Anatomy Demonstrator at University College, London

1921 - 1922

Career position - Rockefeller Fellow at Johns Hopkins Medical School, USA

1923 - 1927

Career position - Assistant Professor of Anatomy at University College, London

1926

Award - Symington Memorial Prize received from the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

1928 - 1929

Career position - Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the University of Adelaide

1929 - 1936

Career position - Professor of Anatomy at the Medical School of St Bartholomew's Hospital, London

1936

Career position - Editor of Journal of Anatomy

1936 - 1939

Career position - Professor of Anatomy at University College, London

1938 -

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

Published resources

Book Sections

• Blunt, Michael J., 'Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889-1939), Professor of Anatomy', in John Ritchie (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 12, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1990, pp. 571-572. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120640b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Woollard, Herbert Henry', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464863. Details