Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889 - 1939)

Summary

Herbert 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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Chronology

1910

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

1912

Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne

1914 - 1918

Military service - First World War - 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, University College, London

1926

Award - Symington Memorial Prize, Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland

1928 - 1929

Career position - Professor of Anatomy and Histology, University of Adelaide

1929 - 1936

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

1936

Career position - Editor of Journal of Anatomy

1936 - 1939

Career position - Professor of Anatomy, University College, London

1938 -

Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS)

Published resources

Book Sections

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

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q5734407. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/310508997. Details
• CA 2001 Australian Imperial Force, Base Records Office, 'NAA: B2455, Woollard H H', B2455 First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920, National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?O=I&Number=3441997. Details
• 'Woollard, Herbert Henry (1889-1939)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1464863. Details