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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2026-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000398b.htm person Fairley Neil Hamilton KBE FRS AACR2 15 July 1891 19 April 1966 Place of Birth Inglewood, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Sonning, Berkshire, England Malariologist Medical scientist Neil Fairley was a medical researcher with an international reputation in the field of tropical diseases, especially malaria. He is particularly noted for his contributions to the treatments of diseases affecting the troops during both world wars: schistosomiasis, dysenteries, typhus and malaria. In the 1920s he spent two short periods at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. During this time he worked on snake venoms and the developed diagnostic tests for hydatids. After several years in India, he establishing a practice in tropical medicine in London. Fairley enlisted again in the Australian Imperial Forces at the outbreak of WWII. In 1942 he was appointed Director of Medicine for the Australian Military Forces. His professional expertise in malaria had a profound effect on prosecution of military campaigns in Greece and the islands to Australia's north. He was appointed Chairman of the Combined Advisory Committee on Tropical Medicine Hygiene and Sanitation in 1943. After the war he returned to London where he was appointed the first Wellcome Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In 1968 the Royal College of Physicians, London, and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians inaugurated the Neil Hamilton Fairley Medal. 1915 1915 Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne 1915 1916 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital 1916 1918 Military service - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps 1917 1917 Education - MD, University of Melbourne 1918 1918 Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) 1920 1920 Education - Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, University of Cambridge 1920 1920 Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London 1920 1922 Career position - Research Assistant, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 1921 1921 Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne 1922 1925 Career position - Medical Research Officer, Bombay Bacteriological Laboratory and Honorary Consulting Physician, Jansitjee Jijibhoy and St George’s Hospital, Bombay, India 1927 1927 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1927 1929 Career position - Research Assistant, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute 1928 1928 Career position - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London 1929 1940 Career position - Assistant Physician and Director of Pathology, Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London 1931 1931 Award - Chalmers Memorial Medal for Research in Tropical Medicine 1939 1946 Military service - Served with Australian Imperial Forces 1940 1966 Career position - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1941 1941 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) 1942 1946 Career position - Director of Medicine for Australian military forces 1942 1966 Award - Fellow, The Royal Society, London (FRS) 1945 1945 Award - Bancroft Medal, Australian Medical Association 1946 1946 Award - Richard Pierson Strong Medal, American Foundation of Tropical Medicine 1946 1949 Career position - Wellcome Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1947 1947 Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 1948 1948 Award - Moxon Medal, Royal College of Physicians, London 1949 1949 Award - Honorary MD, University of Adelaide 1949 1949 Award - Mary Kingsley Medal, University of Liverpool 1950 1950 Award - James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales 1950 1950 Award - Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) 1950 1950 Award - Manson Medal, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London 1951 1951 Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1951 1953 Career position - President, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hy 1956 1956 Award - Honorary Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney 1957 1957 Award - Buchanan Medal, Royal Society, London Blackburn, Charles Ruthven Bickerton (Ruthven) (1913 - 2016) David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize 1921

 James Cook Medal, Royal Society of New South Wales (1954 - )

Awarded the Medal 1950

 Australian Medical Association [II] (1962 - )

Neil Hamilton Fairley received the Bancroft Medal from the Australian Medical Association 1945

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

Research assistant 1920 - 1922, 1927 - 1929.

 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Fellow 1940 - 1966; the Neil Hamilton Fairley Medal was inaugurated in 1968

 Australian Army Medical Corps (1902 - 1948)

Served in the Corps 1916 - 1918

 Neil Hamilton Fairley Medal, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1969 - )

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians has awarded the Medal since 1969

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 Fairley, N Hamilton (1891-1966)

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 'Fairley, Neil Hamilton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Fairley, Neil Hamilton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Fairley, Sir Neil Hamilton (1891-1966), physician, medical scientist and army officer Fenner, Frank Fairley, Sir Neil Hamilton (1891-1966), physician, medical scientist and army officer Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1996 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 14: 1940 - 1980 Di-Kel John Ritchie 128-131 Journal Article: Obituaries: Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley; Thelma Isabel Christie: E. J. Kenny; Stephen Lawrence Leach; Henry John Meldrum; Archibald Boscawen Boyd Ranclaud; Arthur Spencer Watts Obituaries: Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley; Thelma Isabel Christie: E. J. Kenny; Stephen Lawrence Leach; Henry John Meldrum; Archibald Boscawen Boyd Ranclaud; Arthur Spencer Watts 1967 Journal and Proceedings of The Royal Society of New South Wales 101 47-50 Resource Section: Fairley, Neil Hamilton - Ms 65 Fairley, Neil Hamilton - Ms 65 Australian Academy of Science 1994 Listing of Adolph Basser Library holdings Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Journal Article: Symposium on snake bite: the present position of snake bite and the snake bitten in Australia tb14094.x Fairley, N. Hamilton Symposium on snake bite: the present position of snake bite and the snake bitten in Australia tb14094.x 1929 Medical Journal of Australia 1 296-313 Journal Article: Sir Charles Martin, C.M.G., D.SC., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.C.P., F.R.S. Fairley, N. Sir Charles Martin, C.M.G., D.SC., LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.C.P., F.R.S. 1955 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 49 3 289-90 Journal Article: Neil Hamilton Fairley Keogh, E. V. Neil Hamilton Fairley 1966 Medical Journal of Australia 1966 2 723-6 Book: Neil Hamilton Fairley (1891 - 1966) Ford, Edward Neil Hamilton Fairley (1891 - 1966) Sydney Australasian Medical Publishing Company 1969 Journal Article: Neil Hamilton Fairley 1891-1966, elected F.R.S. 1942 Boyd, John Smith Knox Neil Hamilton Fairley 1891-1966, elected F.R.S. 1942 1966 Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 12 123-45 Book: An unending war: the Australian Army's struggle against malaria 1885 - 2015 Howie-Willis, Ian An unending war: the Australian Army's struggle against malaria 1885 - 2015 Newport (N.S.W.) Big Sky Publishing 2016 Book: Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians McDonald, G. L. Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Sydney Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1988-1994 Journal Article: Twentieth Century Toxinology and Antivenom development in Australia Winkel, Kenneth D.; Mirtschin, Peter and Pearn, John Twentieth Century Toxinology and Antivenom development in Australia 2006 Toxicon 48 7 738-754 Book: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1915-1965 Burnet, Macfarlane, Sir Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1915-1965 Carlton, Victoria Melbourne University Press 1971 Journal Article: Australian malariology during World War II (part 3 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology" Howie-Willis, Ian Australian malariology during World War II (part 3 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology" 2017 Journal of Military and Veteran's History 25 2 46-68 Journal Article: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 Fenner, Frank Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 CSIRO Publishing 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 39-77 Book: Malaria: the Australian Experience, 1843-1991 Spencer, Margaret Malaria: the Australian Experience, 1843-1991 Townsville Australian College of Tropical Medicine 1994 Book: The Martin spirit: Charles Martin and the foundation of biological science in Australia Morison, Patricia The Martin spirit: Charles Martin and the foundation of biological science in Australia Canberra Halstead Press 2019 Journal Article: Malariology in Australia between the first and second world wars (part 2 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology") Howie-Willis, Ian Malariology in Australia between the first and second world wars (part 2 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology") 2016 Journal of Military and Veterans' Health 24 2 28-39 Neil Hamilton Fairley - Records Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Neil Hamilton Fairley - Records MS 065 1916 - 1991 A collection of 31 series including published papers, clinical notebooks, diaries, charts, correspondence, reports, memoranda, typescript drafts, photographs and biographical notes 1916-1991. A file list of the collection is available. 6.09 m, 27 boxes Photographs