Hurst, Edward Weston (1900 - 1980)

Summary

Edward Hurst was Director of the Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide 1936-1943 and Keith Sheridan Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Adelaide 1938-1943. He spent most of the remainder of his career in England.

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Born Birmingham, UK, 1900. Died Southampton, UK 1980. Educated University of Birmingham (BSc 1920, MB, ChB 1922, MD 1924, DSc 1932). Walter Myers Travelling Student University of Birmingham 1923-24, postgraduate study and research work at National Hospital, Queen Square, London 1923-25, Pathologist to Miller General Hospital for S.E. London 1926-28, Pathologist to Millbank fund for Research on Poliomyelitis 1928-32, Associate at Rockefeller Institute, Princeton 1932-34, Member of Research Staff, Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine, London 1932-36, Reader in Experimental Pathology, University of London 1932-36, William Withering Lecturer, University of Birmingham 1935, Director, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide 1936-43, Keith Sheridan Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Adelaide, 1938-43. Returned to England to become Bacteriologist, Biological Department, Imperial Chemical (Pharmaceuticals) Ltd., Manchester, later becoming Head of the Subdivision of Micro-organismal Research, then Pathologist to the Industrial Hygiene Research Laboratory, then consultant to the laboratory after his retirement. Sir Joseph Bancroft Orator, Qld Branch, British Medical Association 1940; G.E. Rennie Memorial Lecturer Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1941.

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• 'Hurst, Edward Weston (1900-1980)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475054. Details