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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000919b.htm person Wright Roy Douglas AK AACR2 7 August 1907 28 February 1990 Place of Birth Central Castra, Tasmania, Australia Pathologist University Chancellor Roy Wright was Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne 1939-1971 and played a leading role in the direction taken by medical research during that period in Australia. He was Chancellor of the University of Melbourne 1980-1989. 1937 1937 Award - David Syme Research Prize (jointly), University of Melbourne 1937 1939 Career position - Worked with Howard Florey in England 1939 1971 Career position - Professor of Physiology, University of Melbourne 1971 1975 Career position - Medical Director, Peter MacCallum Institute, Melbourne 1972 1980 Career position - Deputy Chancellor, University of Melbourne 1980 1980 Award - Doctor of Laws (LLD), honoris causa, University of Melbourne 1980 1989 Career position - Chancellor, University of Melbourne 1983 1983 Award - Knight of the Order of Australia (AK) - for service to education learning and medicine David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize (jointly) 1937

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor of Physiology 1939 - 1971; Chancellor 1980 - 1989

 Cancer Institute, Melbourne (1949 - 1986) Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute (1986 - )

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 Wright, Douglas (1907-1990)

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 'Wright, Roy Douglas (Pansy)', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Wright, Roy Douglas (Pansy) 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: Pansy: a life of Roy Douglas Wright McPhee, Peter Pansy: a life of Roy Douglas Wright Carlton, Victoria Melbourne University Press 1999 Journal Article: 150 Years, 150 Stories: Roy Douglas Wright Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 Years, 150 Stories: Roy Douglas Wright 2003 Uni News 12 6 4 Book: The Politics of Knowledge: Towards a Biography of R. D. ('Pansy') Wright McPhee, Peter The Politics of Knowledge: Towards a Biography of R. D. ('Pansy') Wright Melbourne History of the University Project, University of Melbourne 1995 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: Roy Douglas Wright Anon Roy Douglas Wright 1972 Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 50 7 791-4 Book Section: Wright, Sir Roy Douglas (1907-1990), professor of physiology and university chancellor McPhee, Peter Wright, Sir Roy Douglas (1907-1990), professor of physiology and university chancellor Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2012 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z Melanie Nolan 639-40 Book: Secular who's who : a biographical directory of freethinkers, secularists, rationalists, humanists and others involved in Australia's secular movement from 1850 onwards Dahlitz, Ray Secular who's who : a biographical directory of freethinkers, secularists, rationalists, humanists and others involved in Australia's secular movement from 1850 onwards Balwyn, Victoria R. Dahlitz 1994 Journal Article: Wilfred John Simmonds 1918-1990 Redgrave, T. G. Wilfred John Simmonds 1918-1990 1991 Historical Records of Australian Science 8 4 265-275 Journal Article: Robert Ford Whelan 1922-1984 Glover, W. E. Robert Ford Whelan 1922-1984 1986 Historical Records of Australian Science 6 3 409-421 Journal Article: Berthold Halpern 1923-1980 Danks, D.; Duffield, A.; Sargeson, A. Berthold Halpern 1923-1980 1983 Historical Records of Australian Science 5 4 72-81 Book: 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Flesch, Juliet and McPhee, Peter 150 years, 150 stories: brief biographies of one hundred and fifty remarkable people associated with the University of Melbourne Melbourne Department of History, University of Melbourne 2003 (Roy) Douglas Wright - Records The University of Melbourne Archives (Roy) Douglas Wright - Records 1933 - 1975 Personal correspondence 1939-73; minutes, reports and correspondence relating to various organisations as well as the Australian National University 1946-72, Australian School of Pacific Administration 1945-48 and the Social Science Research Council 1947-67; papers relating to C.C. Petrovsky, Launceston General Hospital 1951-72; correspondence and reports of M. Lindsay, Australian National University 1956-62; records of Wright's investigation of Milan Brych 1974; miscellaneous papers 1933-71 [4.3 m]. 4.3 m