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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-12-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000467b.htm person Halford George Britton AACR2 26 November 1824 27 May 1910 Place of Birth Petworth, Sussex, England Place of Death Inverloch, Victoria, Australia Anatomist Physiologist George Halford became the first professor in medicine at an Australian university when he was appointed Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology at the University of Melbourne in 1862. His reputation as an experimental physiologist was a key factor in his being offered the position. The number of medical students expanded rapidly, increasing the teaching load such that in 1882 he was restyled Professor Physiology while the teaching of anatomy fell under a new chair. Halford retired from teaching in 1897 and resigned his chair in 1903. Women were first admitted to study at the University in 1880, nine years after Halford first proposed that they should be allowed to do so. Halford's research took a back seat to his teaching although he found time to work on treatments for snakebite and was vociferous in his opposition to the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin. The Halford Oration was established by his family in 1928: it was delivered at the Institute of Anatomy, Canberra, until 1948 and thereafter at the University of Melbourne. 1852 1852 Education - Member, Royal College of Surgeons of England (MRCS) 1854 1854 Education - MD, St Andrews University, Scotland 1854 1854 Education - Licentiate of the Society of Apothecaries (LSA) 1859 1859 Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London 1862 1882 Career position - Professor Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology, University of Melbourne 1863 1863 Award - M.D (ad eund.), University of Melbourne 1868 1868 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of Victoria 1868 1868 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Victoria 1870 1870 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of Victoria 1871 1871 Career position - President, Medical Society of Victoria 1871 1871 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of Victoria 1871 1871 Career position - President, Professorial Board, University of Melbourne 1876 1886 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1882 1903 Career position - Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne 1890 1896 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1897 1897 Life event - Retired from teaching 1903 1903 Life event - Resigned the Chair of Physiology Australian Institute of Anatomy (1931 - 1985)

His family founded the Halford Oration at the Australian Institute of Anatomy, Canberra, in 1928.

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

First Professor of Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology 1862 - 1882; Professor of Physiology 1882 - 1903

 Royal Society of Victoria (1859 - )

Vice-President 1868 and 1870

 Medical Society of Victoria (1855 - 1907)

President 1871

 Faculty of Medicine, The University of Melbourne (1876 - 1991)

Dean 1890 - 1896

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 'Halford, George Britton', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Halford, George Britton Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book: The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes realating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania [Vol.2] Smyth, R. Brough [also Chauncy, Philip; Bidley, William; Le Souef, Albert A. C. ; Howitt, Alfred W.; Davis, John Moore; Locke, William; Greeves, Augustus F. A.; G. B. Halford.] The Aborigines of Victoria : with notes realating to the habits of the natives of other parts of Australia and Tasmania [Vol.2] Melbourne Government Printer 1878 Book Section: Halford, George Britton (1824-1910), professor Russell, K. F. Halford, George Britton (1824-1910), professor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1972 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 4: 1851 - 1890 D-J Douglas Pike 321-322 Journal Article: The Halford Oration. The Foundations of the Medical School and the Future of Medical Education Stawell, R. R. The Halford Oration. The Foundations of the Medical School and the Future of Medical Education 1931 Medical Journal of Australia 1 1-8 Journal Article: George Britton Halford: His Life and Work Osborne, W. A. George Britton Halford: His Life and Work 1929 Medical Journal of Australia 64-88 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: Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history Turnbull, Paul Australian museums, Aboriginal skeletal remains, and the imagining of human evolutionary history 2015 Museum & society 13 1 72-87 Book Section: Gorilla Warfare in Melbourne: Halford, Huxley and 'Man's Place in Nature' Butcher, Barry W. Gorilla Warfare in Melbourne: Halford, Huxley and 'Man's Place in Nature' Sydney Cambridge University Press 1988 Australian Science in the Making R. W. Home 153-169 Journal Article: The Halford Oration: Halford the Man Kenny, A. L. The Halford Oration: Halford the Man 1941 Medical Journal of Australia 1 129-134 Book Section: Barrett, Sir James William (1862-1945), ophthalmologist and publicist Murray-Smith, S. Barrett, Sir James William (1862-1945), ophthalmologist and publicist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1979 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle 186-189 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Journal Article: The scientists and Darwin's The origin of species in nineteenth century Australia: a re-evaluation Moyal, Ann: with Robert E. Marks The scientists and Darwin's <span style="font-style:italic">The origin of species</span> in nineteenth century Australia: a re-evaluation 2019 Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales 152 1 5-26 Journal Article: The Halford Oration. (The Progress of Medical Science from Professor Halford's arrival in Australia to the Present Day) Barrett, J. The Halford Oration. (The Progress of Medical Science from Professor Halford's arrival in Australia to the Present Day) 1932 Medical Journal of Australia 2 707-718 Resource: Science and the making of Victoria Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre Science and the making of Victoria 2001 George Britton Halford - Records The University of Melbourne Archives George Britton Halford - Records 1860 - 1949 Paper on heart action and sounds 1860; notes, correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to snake venom antidote 1867-94; correspondence of the Australian Institute of Anatomy concerning the Halford Oration, with texts 1928-49 [12 cm]. 0.12 m