P000588 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000588b.htm person MacCallum Peter Kt AACR2 14 July 1885 4 March 1974 Place of Birth Maryhill, Lanark, Scotland Place of Death Kew, Victoria, Australia Pathologist Sir Peter MacCallum was Professor of Pathology, University of Melbourne 1925-1950 and helped to design the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He was also instrumental in the establishment of the Cancer Institute and was involved with the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria. 1907 1907 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand 1908 1908 Education - Master of Science (MSc), Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand 1909 1909 Education - Master of Arts (MA), Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand 1914 1914 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Edinburgh 1914 1914 Education - Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University of Edinburgh 1915 1918 Military service - First World War. Captain, Royal Army Medical Corps 1925 1950 Career position - Professor of Pathology, University of Melbourne 1930 1930 Career event - Elected Member (Pathology), Australian National Research Council 1931 1950 Career position - Member of Council, University of Melbourne 1934 1934 Career event - Member, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1938 1938 Career event - Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1939 1943 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1944 1946 Career position - Chairman of the professorial board, University of Melbourne 1947 1950 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne 1948 1951 Career position - Chairman, Australian National Research Council 1950 1950 Award - Doctor of Medicine (MD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1950 1950 Life event - Retired 1953 1953 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) - Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne 1953 1953 Career event - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh 1953 1961 Career position - Member of Council, University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor of Pathology 1925 - 1950; Member of Council 1931 - 1950 and 1953 - 1961

 Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria (1934 - 2002)

Chairman of the executive-committee 1946 - 1963

 Cancer Institute, Melbourne (1949 - 1986)

Out-patient section was named Peter MacCallum Clinic 1950. Cancer Institute renamed the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute in 1986.

 Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (1986 - ) Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Chairman 1948 - 1951; Member (Pathology) 1930 - c1954

 Bassett, Walter Eric (1892 - 1978)

MacCallum and Bassett were close friends

 Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) (1930 - )

Fellow 1937 -

Wikidata

VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

 MacCallum, Peter (1885-)

Trove

 'MacCallum, Peter', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology MacCallum, Peter Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource: Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne Honorary degree holders University of Melbourne 2023 Book Section: MacCallum, Sir Peter (1885-1974), professor of pathology Guest, J.S. MacCallum, Sir Peter (1885-1974), professor of pathology Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2000 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 15: 1940 - 1980 Kem-Pie John Ritchie 165-167 Resource Section: Cancer Institute Board, Peter MacCallum Cancer Clinic [1968.0003.00116]; Series UMA-SR-000000125 Cancer Institute Board, Peter MacCallum Cancer Clinic [1968.0003.00116]; Series UMA-SR-000000125 Melbourne, Victoria University of Melbourne Archives 2024 Collection discovery service, University of Melbourne Archives (Recollect) Journal Article: "Immunisation is as Popular as a Death Adder": the Bundaberg Tragedy and the Political Deployment of Medical Science in Interwar Australia Hobbins, Peter G. "Immunisation is as Popular as a Death Adder": the Bundaberg Tragedy and the Political Deployment of Medical Science in Interwar Australia 2011 Social History of Medicine 24 2 426-44 Peter MacCallum - Records Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria Peter MacCallum - Records 1935 - 1942 Various papers concerned with MacCallum's work in cancer research and prevention 1935-42. Peter MacCallum - Records The University of Melbourne Archives Peter MacCallum - Records 1938 - 1961 Lectures and reports on medical topics; correspondence on medical and university matters 1951-61; overall dates 1938-61 [84 cm]. 0.84 m Victoria Eugenics Society Wellcome Collection Victoria Eugenics Society SA/EUG/E.3 1914 - 1939 A set of 113 imaged pages dating 1914-1915 (Victorian Eugenics Society), 1925-1926 (Office of the Agent-General for Victoria) and 1937-1939 (Eugenics Society of Victoria). In the 1914-1915 correspondence ( 6 pages) of Carlotta Greenshields (37 Mary Street, Glenferrie) and W. Ernest Jones (Inspector-General of the Insane for Victoria) with the Sybil Gotto of the Eugenics Education Society, it is flagged that an attempt was made to establish an eugenics society in Victoria with Professor Bladwin Spencer as president. The initiative failed due to Bladwin Spencer being already overloaded and the intervention of the World War. Other people mentioned in this correspondence include J.C. Eldridge of Sydney and a Mr Macfie (5 Elm Grove, Armadale). The 1925-1926 correspondence (2 pages) concerns information about the Marriage Acts in Victoria. The 1937-1939 correspondence (105 pages) concerns the creation of the Eugenics Society of Victoria in 1936 and its relationship with the Eugenics Society (London). The principle correspondent is Dr Victor Hugo Wallace (Secretary, Eugenics Society of Victoria). Other include: Professor W.E. Agar, Dr C.P. Blacker (General Secretary, The Eugenics Society); Lord Horder; Mrs E.E. Potton; Dr Mennell; Geoffery Kaye (14 Collins Street Melbourne); Colin Clark (Bureau of Industry, Brisbane, Queensland); Clinton F. Chance. Includes publications of the Eugenics Society of Victoria including the "Syllabus of Lectures" for 1937, 1938 and 1939 which includes presentations by: Colin Clark; Dr W. Bryden; Dr Reg. S Ellery; Dr V.H. Wallace; Professor W.E. Agar; Dr Fritz Duras; Mrs Angela Booth; Dr P.M. Bachelard, Rev. William Bottomley; Dr C. Farran-Ridge; Dr John Dale; Dr K.S. Cunningham; and Dr Anita Muhl. Included is: "Publication No. 1" of the Eugenics Society of Victoria, 'Voluntary Sterilization for Human Betterment' by Mrs Angela Booth, July 1938; and the Annual Report 1939 which reports on donations and the establishment of a "Consultative Council" and the financial report from C. Mitchell Tovell, Honorary Treasurer. In the letterhead from 1939 the Consultative Council members are: Professor G.S. Browne; Dr K.S. Cunningham; Dr John Dale; Judge Foster; Mr J.D.G. Medley, M.A.; Sir David Rivett; and Dr Georgina Sweet. 1 file Digitised paper records, Victoria Eugenics Society Wellcome Collection Victoria Eugenics Society SA/EUG/E.4 1940 - 1961 A set of 161 imaged pages. This file covers the link between the Eugenics Society of Victoria and the Eugenics Society (London) 1940-1961. The key correspondent is V.H. Wallace, Secretary of the Eugenics Society of Victoria from its foundation in 1936 until it was brought to a close in 1961. Latter documents refer to Frank Macfarlane Burnet, M.J.D. White and R.N. Robertson. 1 file Digitised paper records