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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-06-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001102b.htm person Holmes à Court Alan Worsley FRCP AACR2 26 February 1896 16 April 1957 Place of Birth Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Physician Alan Holmes à Court was a medical practitioner in New South Wales (NSW) from 1911. During World War I he served with the medical wings of the Australian Imperial Force in France and was awarded the French Médaille des Epidémies. Holmes à Court was a pioneer of blood transfusion techniques and a lecturer in anaesthetics and clinical medicine. He wrote many medical articles and was heavily involved in medicine's governing bodies: he was a long term member, and one-time president of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; President and council member of the British Medical Association (NSW branch), a member of the NSW Medical Board and was appointed a Fellow of London's Royal College of Physicians. 1910 1910 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Sydney 1911 1911 Education - Master of Surgery (ChM), University of Sydney 1911 1912 Career position - Resident then Registrar at the Sydney Hospital 1913 c. 1919 Career position - General practice in Manly, New South Wales 1914 1923 Career position - Honorary Assistant Physician at Sydney Hospital 1916 1917 Military service - Captain of Karoola in the Australian Army Medical Corp. 1918 1918 Military service - Major with the 2nd Australian General Hospital then the 4th Australian Field Ambulance in France 1919 Career position - Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) in London 1919 1919 Award - Médaille des Epidémies in France 1920 1920 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney 1920 1921 Career position - Inaugural Tutor of Anaesthetics at the Sydney Hospital 1920 1932 Career position - Honorary Physician at the Coast Hospital, Sydney 1921 Career position - Consultant Physician in Macquarie Street, Sydney 1923 1947 Career position - Physician at the Sydney Hospital 1925 1929 Career position - Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch 1930 Award - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians (FRCP), London 1931 Career position - Lecturer in Clinical Medicine at the Sydney Hospital 1931 1935 Career position - Council member of the British Medical Association, New South Wales branch 1932 1938 Career position - Member of the New South Wales Medical Board 1933 1934 Career position - President, British Medical Association, New South Wales branch 1935 1946 Career position - Honorary Physician at the Royal Hospital for Women 1938 1938 Career position - Censor with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1942 Career position - Director of the Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd. 1943 1943 Career position - Retired from the army reserves 1945 1950 Career position - Censor-in-Chief with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1950 1952 Career position - President, Royal Australasian College of Physicians Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

President 1950 - 1952

Wikidata

 Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley (18870619-19570416)

Trove

 'Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Holmes à Court, Alan Worsley Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation