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Biographical entry Stanton, Byron Lionel (1891 - 1963)
- Born
- 7 July 1891
Palmerston North, New Zealand - Died
- 20 April 1963
Kew, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physician and Pharmacist
Summary
Byron Lionel Stanton initially qualified as a pharmacist, but then took up medical studies. After graduating he worked at the Melbourne and Children's hospitals before spending a year in with the Australian Imperial force. Upon returning to Melbourne he set up a private medicine practice which he ran for many years. He also lectured to both the medicine and pharmacy courses at the University of Melbourne and the College of Pharmacy. In fact at one point he was lecturer of Pharmacy and Materia Medica to his fellow medical students. Stanton was Head of the Department of Materia Medica at the College of Pharmacy from 1927 to 1963.
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Events
- 1913
- Education - Completed Pharmacy training at the College of Pharmacy in Melbourne
- 1916 - 1917
- Career position - Staff Sergeant with the Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force
- 1919 - 1963
- Career position - Lecturer in Pharmacy and Materia Medica at the University of Melbourne
- 1921
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
- 1921 - 1922
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Hospital
- 1925
- Career position - Assistant Pathologist at the Children's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1926 -
- Career position - Member of the Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1926
- Career position - Studies in England
- 1927 -
- Career position - Private practice in Melbourne
- 1927 - 1963
- Career position - Head of the Department of Materia Medica at the College of Pharmacy
- 1930
- Award - Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of Victoria
- 1943 -
- Award - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Published resources
Book Sections
- Haines, Gregory, 'Stanton, Byron Lionel (1891-1963), Physician and Pharmacist', in John Ritchie and Diane Langmore (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 16, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2002, pp. 293-294. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A160356b.htm. Details
Online Resources
- National Library of Australia, 'Stanton, Byron Lionel', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465813. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 18 September 2006, Last modified: 7 February 2011