Person
Saint, Eric Galton (1918 - 1989)
- Born
- 28 November 1918
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom - Died
- 21 February 1989
Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia - Occupation
- Medical educator
Summary
Eric Saint was a medical scientist who played a leading role in the foundation of two medical schools at Australian Universities: he was foundation Professor of Medicine at the University of Western Australia and inaugural Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland. Early research interests focused on gastroenterology, liver disease and chronic alcoholism. During his time with the Flying Doctor Service Saint was the first to warn of the looming crisis of asbestosis from blue-asbestos dust at mines in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
Details
Chronology
- 1939
- Education - BSc, University of Durham, United Kingdom
- 1942
- Education - MB BS, University of Durham, United Kingdom
- 1942 - 1946
- Career position - Flight Lieutenant, R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve
- 1946 - 1948
- Career position - Research Assistant, Department of Industrial Health, University of Durham
- 1948 - 1951
- Career position - Medical Officer, Flying Doctor Service, Port Hedland, Western Australia
- 1949
- Education - MD, University of Durham, United Kingdom
- 1951 - 1952
- Career position - Associate, Australian Clinical Research Unit, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
- 1952 - 1956
- Career position - Director, Clinical Research Unit, Royal Perth Hospital
- 1956 - 1968
- Career position - Foundation Professor of Medicine, University of Western Australia
- 1956 - 1989
- Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
- 1968 - 1978
- Career position - Inaugural Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland
- 1972
- Career position - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of Queensland
- 1979 -
- Career position - Consultant Physician, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia
- 1979
- Career position - Consultant Physician, Western Australian Drug and Alcohol Authority
Related entries
Published resources
Book Sections
- Layman, Lenore, 'Saint, Eric Galton (1918-1989), Professor of Medicine' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 18 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), pp. 384-5. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/saint-eric-galton-15614. Details
Conference Papers
- Lefroy, Richard B., 'E. G. Saint - Professor of Medicine University of Western Australia', in Australian Society of the History of Medicine, The Impact of the Past on the Present: Second National Conference of the Australian Society of the History of Medicine edited by Peter Winterton and Des Gurry (Perth: Australian Society of the History of Medicine, 1991), pp. 121-126.. Details
Journal Articles
- Joske, R. A., 'Eric Galton Saint', Medical Journal of Australia, 151 (1989), 481-2. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q24218515. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/92514544. Details
- 'Saint, Eric G (19181128-19890221)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-523058. Details
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