Person
Zwar, Traugott Bernhard (Bernard) (1876 - 1947)
- Born
- 20 June 1876
Kapunda, South Australia, Australia - Died
- 16 January 1947
Malvern, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Surgeon
Summary
Bernard Zwar was honorary surgeon to in-patients at Melbourne Hospital from 1919, honorary consulting surgeon from 1935 and president of the committee of management 1937-1945. He was a leading force behind the move of the hospital to its site in Parkville. He also lectured in surgery at the University of Melbourne from 1924-1935.
Details
Chronology
- c. 1895 - 1899
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) completed at the Universities of Adelaide and Melbourne
- 1900 - 1901
- Career position - Senior Resident Surgeon at the Melbourne Hospital
- 1901
- Education - Bachelor of Surgery (ChB) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1901 - 1904
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Austin Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria
- 1902
- Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) completed at the University of Melbourne
- c. 1905 - c. 1907
- Education - Postgraduate study in England and Germany
- 1908 -
- Career position - Honorary Anaesthetist and Surgeon to Out-patients at St Vincent's Hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria
- 1908
- Education - Master of Surgery (MS) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1911 -
- Career position - Surgeon to Out-patients at the Melbourne Hospital
- 1914 - 1916
- Military service - War service with the Australian Army Medical Corps
- 1919 -
- Career position - Honorary Surgeon to In-patients in Melbourne Hospital
- 1922 - 1923
- Career position - President of the Melbourne Medical Association
- 1922 - 1937
- Career position - Councillor of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch
- 1924 - 1927
- Career position - Chairman of the Nurses' Board of Victoria
- 1924 - 1935
- Career position - Lecturer in Surgery, University of Melbourne
- 1927
- Career event - Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia (later Royal Australasian College of Surgeons)
- 1929
- Career position - President of the British Medical Association, Victorian branch
- 1935 -
- Career position - Honorary Consulting Surgeon, Melbourne Hospital
- 1935 - 1947
- Career position - Member of Council, University of Melbourne
- 1937 - 1947
- Career position - Chairman of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Research in Pathology and Medicine
- 1941
- Award - Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) - President of the Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1943 - 1944
- Career position - Deputy Chancellor, University of Melbourne
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- 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
- Rank, Benjamin, 'Zwar, Traugott Bernhard (1876-1947), Surgeon' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 12 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1990), pp. 610-611. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A120685b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Cooper, M. G.; and Morris, G., 'ANZAC Doctors at Gallipoli and Their Contributions to Anaesthesia in Australia', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 42 (4, supp.) (2014), 25-32. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7835791. Details
- 'Zwar, Traugott Bernhard (1876-1947)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1469964. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 2 March 2018