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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000542b.htm person Kilvington Basil AACR2 6 August 1877 28 June 1947 Place of Birth Hartlepool, Durham, England Place of Death Richmond, Victoria, Australia Anatomist Surgeon Medical Research Basil Kilvington was a surgeon and medical researcher who made pioneering investigations on the regeneration and grafting of nerves. He earned a considerable reputation in peripheral nerve surgery. Although initially in private practice, for much of his career he served in an honorary capacity at the (Royal) Melbourne Hospital. For 35 years he taught anatomy and surgery at the University of Melbourne. 1898 1898 Education - MB, University of Melbourne 1899 1899 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital 1900 1900 Education - BS, University of Melbourne 1901 1901 Education - MD, University of Melbourne 1902 1902 Education - MS, University of Melbourne 1908 1908 Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne 1918 1934 Career position - Honorary Surgeon, Melbourne Hospital 1920 1920 Career position - President, Melbourne Hospital Clinical Society 1921 1921 Career position - President, Victorian Branch, British Medical Association 1922 1935 Career position - Stewart Lecturer in surgery, Trinity College, University of Melbourne 1926 1926 Career position - President, Surgical Association of Melbourne 1927 1927 Career position - President, Surgical Section, Australasian Medical Congress, Dunedin, New Zealand 1935 Career position - Honorary Consulting Surgeon, Royal Melbourne Hospital The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Stewart Lecturer in surgery, Trinity College 1922 - 1935

 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) (1927 - )

Founding Fellow, College of Surgeons of Australasia 1927

 David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize 1908

 Melbourne Hospital (1848 - 1935)

Honorary Surgeon 1918 - 1934

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 'Kilvington, Basil', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Kilvington, Basil Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Kilvington, Basil (1877-1947), surgeon and medical scientist Smith, Colin Kilvington, Basil (1877-1947), surgeon and medical scientist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 18-19 Journal Article: Basil Kilvington Smith, Colin Basil Kilvington 1999 Australasian Science 20 4 46 Journal Article: Obituary, Basil Kilvington Anon Obituary, Basil Kilvington 1947 Medical Journal of Australia 6 317-9 Journal Article: Basil Kilvington: unknown pioneer of peripheral nerve repair Glasby, M. A.; and Hems, T. E. J. Basil Kilvington: unknown pioneer of peripheral nerve repair 1993 Journal of hand surgery 18 4 461-4 Book: The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Kenny, Patrick (Sir) The founders of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Melbourne, Victoria The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 1984 Journal Article: The founders of the College: Victoria Howard, R. N. The founders of the College: Victoria 1981 Australian and New Zealand journal of surgery 51 2 227-38 Basil Kilvington - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Basil Kilvington - Records 1877 - 1928 Certificates, photograph, and article on Kilvington by Sir Albert Coates 1960 [2 cm]. 0.02 m