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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/P001122b.htm person Abbie Andrew Arthur AACR2 8 February 1905 22 July 1976 Place of Birth Gillingham, Kent, England Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Anatomist Anthropologist Andrew Abbie migrated to New South Wales (NSW) with his family in the early 1920s. He enrolled at Sydney University in 1924 and completed his BS in 1929. This lead him to a successful and decorated career in medicine, anthropology and education. Dr Andrew Abbie worked at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (NSW), University College London, The University of Sydney, in the Australian Imperial Force and at the University of Adelaide where he was appointed the Elder chair of anatomy and histology in 1945 and emeritus professor in medicine,1971. Abbie was a foundation and life member of the Anatomical Society of Australia and New Zealand, a life member of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and served as Chairman of the South Australian Board of Aboriginal Affairs for 10 years.

In December 1941 Andrew Arthur Abbie served as Captain in the Australian Military Force. He was later transferred to the Australian Imperial Force (1942) and underwent training at the Chemical Warfare Physiology School at the University of Melbourne. In 1943 Abbie was appointed to train medical personnel in treating casualties of chemical warfare and then in 1944 was sent to Townsville and Papua with the school to study the physiological effects of chemical warfare agents in tropical conditions. In December of the same year he left the military service and moved to South Australia. As Elder chair of anatomy and histology at the University of Adelaide, Abbie was involved in planning the new medical school building, he was the principal lecturer, and continued his research in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. In the 1950s his interest moved to the anthropology of Aborigines and he conducted many expeditions to aboriginal communities in South Australia and the Northern Territory. He progressed through the ranks at the University and retired in 1970, after having published over 120 papers and several resource and academic text books. His service to the University of Adelaide are commemorated annually through the Abbie Memorial Lecture in neuro-anatomy and related fields.

Apart from research and academia, Abbie was also heavily involved in many professional societies and committees. He was a foundation and later life member and president of the Anatomical Society of Australia and New Zealand, a life member of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, President, Anthropological Society of South Australia, Chairman, South Australian Board of Studies in Physiotherapy, Chairman, South Australian Board of Aboriginal Affairs, and University of Adelaide representative on the South Australian Aboriginal & Historical Relics Advisory Board.

c. 1920 c. 1920 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Sydney c. 1920 c. 1920 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney 1929 1929 Education - Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Sydney 1930 1931 Career position - Resident Medical Office, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1932 1934 Career position - Travelling Fellowship, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research to work as a Medical Research Fellow at University College, London 1934 1934 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed in London 7 November 1934 7 November 1934 Life event - Married Frieda Ruth Heighway at the Moore Theological College Chapel in Newtown, NSW 1935 1941 Career position - Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, University of Sydney 1936 1936 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney 1940 1940 Career event - The Principles of Anatomy - an undergraduate text book, published in Sydney 1941 1941 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Sydney 1941 1941 Career event - Human Physiology - an undergraduate textbook, published in Sydney 1941 1942 Military service - Captain, Australian Military Forces 1942 1944 Military service - Major, Australian Imperial Forces 1945 1970 Career position - Elder Chair of Anatomy and Histology, University of Adelaide 1948 1948 Career position - President, Anthropological Society of South Australia 1949 1949 Career position - Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide 1950 1952 Career position - Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide 1950 1966 Career position - Chairman, South Australian Board of Studies in Physiotherapy 1951 1951 Career position - President, Anthropological Section of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science 1951 1966 Career position - Council Chair of the Presbyterian Girl's College in Adelaide 1955 1959 Career position - Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Adelaide 1959 1959 Career position - President, Anthropological Society of South Australia 1963 1972 Career position - Chairman, South Australian Board of Aboriginal Affairs 30 December 1963 30 December 1963 Life event - Death of first wife 1964 1964 Career position - Acting President of the Anatomical Society of Australia and New Zealand 1965 1967 Career position - President, Anatomical Society of Australia and New Zealand 14 February 1967 14 February 1967 Life event - Married Audrey Katherine Allen Simpson at the Unitarian Christian Church in Adelaide 1969 1969 Career event - The Original Australians published 1971 1976 Career position - Life member of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1971 1976 Career position - Emeritus Professor, University of Adelaide Anatomical Society of Australia and New Zealand (1963 - )

President 1965 - 1967

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

President, Anthropology Section 1951

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Elder Chair of Anatomy and Histology 1945 - 1970; Dean, Faculty of Medicine 1950 - 1952

 Smith, Grafton Elliot (1871 - 1937) Heighway, Freida Ruth (Ruth) (1907 - 1963) 1934

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 'Abbie, Andrew Arthur', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Abbie, Andrew Arthur Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Introduction to Professor Abbie's Survey of the Aboriginal Collection in the Tasmanian Museum Crowther, W.E.L.H. Introduction to Professor Abbie's Survey of the Aboriginal Collection in the Tasmanian Museum 1964 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 98 63-71 Book Section: Abbie, Andrew Arthur (1905-1976), anatomist and anthropologist, and Frieda Ruth Heighway (1907-1963), gynaecologist Elmsie, Ronald; Nance, Susan Abbie, Andrew Arthur (1905-1976), anatomist and anthropologist, and Frieda Ruth Heighway (1907-1963), gynaecologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 1-2 Book: Aboriginal man in South and Central Australia, part 1 Cotton, B. C.; and Abbie, A. A. Aboriginal man in South and Central Australia, part 1 Adelaide Government Printer 1966 Journal Article: The factor of timing in the emergence of distinctly human characters Abbie, A. A. The factor of timing in the emergence of distinctly human characters 1964 Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 98 63-71 Journal Article: An examination of the W. L. Crowther collection of skeletal material Abbie, A. A. An examination of the W. L. Crowther collection of skeletal material 1964 Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 98 53-62 Journal Article: The History of Biology in Australia Abbie, A. A. The History of Biology in Australia 1954 Australian Journal of Science 17 1 1-9 Journal Article: Sir Grafton Elliot Smith Abbie, A. A. Sir Grafton Elliot Smith 1949 Bulletin of the Post-Graduate Committee in Medicine, University of Sydney 101-151 Resource: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch Journal Article: Andrew Arthur Abbie Simpson, S.; and Gandevia, B. Andrew Arthur Abbie 1984 Medical Journal of Australia 1984:1 8 459-9 Journal Article: Andrew Arthur Abbie Kirk, R. L.; Schofield, G. C.; and Gibson, G. T. Andrew Arthur Abbie 1977 Medical Journal of Australia 1977:1 23 862-3 Book: A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Pybus, Cassandra A very secret trade: the dark story of gentlemen collectors in Tasmania Sydney Allen & Unwin 2024 The Papers of Professor Andrew Arthur Abbie, 1905-76 Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide The Papers of Professor Andrew Arthur Abbie, 1905-76 SR 572.994/A124m 1933 - 1974 Miscellaneous papers on Australian Aborigines including notes, photographs, drawings, maps, reprints from journals, lectures and broadcasts, lecture notes, films, metal printing blocks, private correspondence and newspaper cuttings mostly relating to physical anthropology 1933-74 [4.4 m, 572.994/A124m]. 4.4 m Film, Objects, Photographs