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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-14 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P001476b.htm person Black Robert Hughes AACR2 20 December 1917 17 March 1988 Place of Birth Willaura, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Medical scientist Robert Black was Professor of Tropical Medicine at the University of Sydney from 1963 to 1982. He also worked at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (1946-1948) before joining the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Sydney in 1951. Black also worked as a consultant physician at St Vincent's Hospital, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Prince Henry's Hospital. He was educated at the Universities of Sydney (MB, BS) and Liverpool (Dip. Tropical Medicine and Health, ED, MD, Dip Anth) and served as a captain and physician with the Australian Army Medical Corps during World War II. Black was Australia's leading researcher into malaria from the 1950s to the 1970s and as advisor to the Australian Army was instrumental in the establishment of the Army's renowned malaria research facility. He participated in international malaria surveillance programs particularly for the WHO and the South Pacific Commission. 1939 1939 Education - MB BS, University of Sydney 1940 1940 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney 1941 1941 Career position - Senior Resident, Innisfail Hospital, Queensland 1941 1942 Career position - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps and the Australian Imperial Forces 1943 1946 Career position - Medical Scientist at LHQ Medical Research Unit in Cairns, Queensland 1946 1946 Career position - Bacteriologist, Institute of Medical Research, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney 1947 1947 Education - MD, University of Sydney 1947 1948 Career position - UK Medical Research Council Fellow at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine 1948 1948 Education - Diploma in Tropical Medicine, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom 1949 1951 Career position - Medical Officer, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney 1951 1955 Career position - Lecturer, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney 1955 1963 Career position - Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney 1959 1979 Career position - Advisor on malaria to the Australian Army 1963 1963 Education - Diploma of Anthropology, University of Sydney 1963 1982 Career position - Professor of Tropical Medicine, University of Sydney 1965 1988 Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1982 1982 Life event - Retired 1986 1986 Award - Darling Prize and Medal for Malaria, World Health Organisation The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Professor of Tropical Medicine 1963 - 1982

 Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Fellow 1965 - 1988

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 Black, Robert H (19171220-19880317)

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 'Black, Robert Hughes', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Black, Robert Hughes Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: "A near-run thing": the foundation and early years of 1 Malaria Research Laboratory, forerunner of the Australian Army Malaria Institute, 1963 - 1969 (part 4 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology") Howie-Willis, Ian "A near-run thing": the foundation and early years of 1 Malaria Research Laboratory, forerunner of the Australian Army Malaria Institute, 1963 - 1969 (part 4 of "Pioneers of Australian military malariology") 2017 Journal of Military and Veterans' History 25 2 69-84 Book: An unending war: the Australian Army's struggle against malaria 1885 - 2015 Howie-Willis, Ian An unending war: the Australian Army's struggle against malaria 1885 - 2015 Newport (N.S.W.) Big Sky Publishing 2016 Journal Article: Robert Hughes Black Sharp, Peter Robert Hughes Black 1989 Medical Journal of Australia 151 171-2 Book Section: Black, Robert Hughes (1917-1988), professor of tropical medicine Cossart, Yvonne Black, Robert Hughes (1917-1988), professor of tropical medicine Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2007 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 17: 1981 - 1990 A-K Diane Langmore 107-108 Book: Malaria: the Australian Experience, 1843-1991 Spencer, Margaret Malaria: the Australian Experience, 1843-1991 Townsville Australian College of Tropical Medicine 1994 Robert Hughes Black - Records Private hands (Black, R.H.) Robert Hughes Black - Records 1917 - 1988 Personal records - no details.