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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2026-01-15 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000383b.htm person Edman Pehr Victor FAA FRS AACR2 14 April 1916 19 March 1977 Place of Birth Stockholm, Sweden Place of Death Munich, Germany Medical scientist Pehr Edman worked in the area of protein biochemistry. He was educated at the Karolinska Institute where he remained for a year after graduating and then spent a long period of war service in the medical corps of the Swedish Army. Edman came to Australia in 1957 to work as Director of St Vincent's School of Medical Research, Melbourne and returned to Europe in 1972 as Director of Protein Chemistry I at the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry. 1938 1938 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), Karolinska Institute in Sweden 1946 1946 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Med.Lic., Karolinska Institute 1946 1947 Career position - Scientists in the Northrop-Kunitz laboratory, Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research in Princeton, USA 1947 1957 Career position - Associate Professor, University of Lund, Sweden 1957 1972 Career position - Inaugural John Holt Director of Research at St Vincent's School of Medical Research in Melbourne 1965 1965 Life event - Granted Australian citizenship 1968 1968 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1968 1968 Award - Britannica Australia Science Prize 1971 1971 Award - Gold Medal of the Swedish Society of Physicians and Surgeons 1972 1977 Career position - Director of Protein Chemistry I, Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry 1974 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) Advisory Council of St Vincent's School of Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne (1952 - 1957)

Appointed by the Advisory Council 1957

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1968 - 1977

 St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research (1958 - )

Director 1958 - 1972

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 Edman, Pehr Victor (1916-1977)

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 'Edman, Pehr Victor', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Edman, Pehr Victor Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: A revolution in protein sequencing: Case Study A revolution in protein sequencing: Case Study Canberra, ACT National Health and Medical Research Council 2021 NHMRC Impact Case Studies Resource Section: Revisting the sequenator Revisting the sequenator Melbourne, Victoria St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research 2022 St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research website Journal Article: Pehr Victor Edman 1916-1977 Morgan, F. J. Pehr Victor Edman 1916-1977 1990 Historical Records of Australian Science 8 2 85-88 Book Section: Edman, Pehr Victor (1916-1977), biochemist and medical researcher Morgan, F. J. Edman, Pehr Victor (1916-1977), biochemist and medical researcher Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 78-79 Book Section: Edman, Pehr Victor Blombäck, Birger Edman, Pehr Victor Detroit Charles Scribner's Sons 2008 New Dictionary of Scientific Biography Koertge, Noretta 2 347-353 Book: Ways of a Hospital: St Vincent's Melbourne 1890s-1990s Egan, Bryan Ways of a Hospital: St Vincent's Melbourne 1890s-1990s St Leonards Allen & Unwin 1993 Resource Section: Our History Our History St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research 2024 St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research website St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, Archives and Heritage Centre St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne 1893 - "The St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne Archives and Heritage Centre collects items (records and artefacts) that tell the story of the hospital from its foundation in 1893 to the present day. Particular priorities include material relevant to the hospital's mission and culture, its growth and development, its areas of key responsibility and achievement, and the social context in which it has operated. The collection grows through both departmental transfers and donations of material." (Directory of Archives in Australia, 2019) The collection includes: records of the Advisory Council (1952-1957), Council (1958-1967) and Annual Reports (1958-1983) of the St Vincent's School of Medical Research; and Annual Reports (1984-?) of the St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research. The earlier records document the work of the inaugural Director, Pehr Edman. Paper files, photographs, medical instruments and other objects