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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000007b.htm person Allen Harry Brookes Kt AACR2 13 June 1854 28 March 1926 Place of Birth Geelong, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Pathologist Anatomist Harry Allen was professor of descriptive and surgical anatomy and pathology 1882-1906, and professor of pathology 1906-1924 at the University of Melbourne. He had first joined the University in 1877 and was the first Australian medical graduate to be registered in Britain. 1876 1876 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Melbourne 1877 1881 Career position - Anatomy Demonstrator and Sub-Conservator, Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, University of Melbourne 1878 1878 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne 1879 1879 Education - Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne 1879 1883 Career position - Editor of the Australian Medical Journal 1881 1881 Career position - Anatomy Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1882 1906 Career position - Professor of Descriptive and Surgical Anatomy and Pathology, University of Melbourne 1886 1889 Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1888 Career event - Original [founding] member, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1892 1892 Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria 1896 1924 Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1906 1924 Career position - Professor of Pathology, University of Melbourne 1907 1907 Career position - First President of the combined Medical Society of Victoria and the Victorian Branch of the British Medical Association 1914 1914 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) 1919 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Pathology), Australian National Research Council Faculty of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (1876 - 1991)

Professor of descriptive and surgical anatomy and pathology 1882 - 1906; Professor of Pathology 1906 - 1924

 Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine (1910 - 1930)

Active in the establishment of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine

 The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (1915 - )

Acted as an Honorary Director 1915 -1919

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Foundation Member (Pathology) 1919 -

 Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

Original [founding] member 1888 -

 Medical Society of Victoria (1855 - 1907)

President, 1892; Editor, Australian medical journal 1879 - 1883

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 'Allen, Harry Brookes', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Allen, Harry Brookes Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Allen, Harry Brookes - Ms 2 Allen, Harry Brookes - Ms 2 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Journal Article: Sir Harry Allen and the Foundation of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Davis, Vivianne de Vahl Sir Harry Allen and the Foundation of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1983 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 4 31-38 Journal Article: Harry Brookes Allen Anon Harry Brookes Allen 1926 Medical Journal of Australia 1926 1 414-8 Book: History of the Medical School. in University of Melbourne Medical School Jubilee 1914 Allen, H. B. History of the Medical School. in University of Melbourne Medical School Jubilee 1914 2nd Melbourne Ford & Son 1914 Book Section: Human remains Jones, Ross L. Human remains Carlton, Vic. Melbourne University Press 2024 Dhoombak goobgoowana: a history of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne - Volume 1: The Truth Ross L. Jones, James Waghorne and Marcia Langton 95-106 Journal Article: "Not man, but man-like": early 20th-century anthropological plaster casts in the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology Long, Rohan "Not man, but man-like": early 20th-century anthropological plaster casts in the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology 2019 University of Melbourne collections 25 47-52 Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Interview with Faith Thomas (sound recording), interviewer: Gordon Briscoe National Library of Australia Oral History Collection Interview with Faith Thomas (sound recording), interviewer: Gordon Briscoe TRC 2603/4 20 March 1990 Miss Thomas talks of her return to Nepabunna for a week after being taken away from them as a baby; her first impression of tribal aborigines; her experiences staying at Nepabunna mission and visiting her family's camp; her relationship with her family; her family's reaction to her and hers to them; the relations between the missionaries and the aborigines; her memories of camp life. Audio Harry Brookes Allen - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Harry Brookes Allen - Records 1868 - 1923 School records; lecture notes taken as a student; certificates; correspondence; articles and addresses concerning the work of his department and his activities in the area of public health, e.g. the control of epidemics (meningitis 1915, influenza 1919), venereal disease and the advancement of maternal and infant welfare; overall dates c1868-1923 [2 m]. 2 m, 14 boxes? Harry Brookes Allen - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Harry Brookes Allen - Records MS 002 1901 - 1917 Biographical material including photographic portraits, press cuttings, obituaries and memorials; correspondence from scientific colleagues 1901-1917; drafts of papers, reports and addresses; correspondence 1909-1913, relating to the foundation and early administration of the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine. 0.4 m, 5 boxes Photographs