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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/P002109b.htm person Dawson William Siegfried AACR2 27 April 1891 13 March 1975 Place of Birth Skipton, Yorkshire, England Place of Death Oxford, England Psychiatrist William Dawson was Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Sydney 1927-1951 and was honorary consultant physician in the Department of Psychiatry at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. He played a central role in the professional organisation of psychiatrists in Australia, serving as the inaugural President of the Australasian Association of Psychiatrists in 1946 and being made an honorary Fellow by the Association's successor, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, in 1965. His textbook Aids to psychiatry (1924) ran to eight editions. 1914 1914 Education - Bachelor of Arts (BA), University of Oxford 1916 1916 Education - MB BCh, University of Oxford 1916 1919 Career position - Served with the Royal Army Medical C 1918 1918 Education - Master of Arts (MA), University of Oxford 1919 1919 Education - Licentiate, Royal College of Physicians, London 1920 1920 Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London 1920 1923 Career position - Resident House Physician, St Thomas’s Hospital, London 1921 1921 Education - Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM) 1923 1923 Education - DM, University of Oxford 1923 1927 Career position - Senior Resident, Maudsley Hospital, London 1925 1925 Award - Rockefeller Medical Fellowship for study in U.S. 1926 1926 Award - Gaskell Gold Medal, Royal Medico-Psychological Association 1927 1951 Career position - Professor of Psychiatry, University of Sydney 1933 1933 Career position - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London 1938 1975 Career position - Foundation Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1941 1942 Career position - Served with Australian Imperial Forces 1946 1946 Career position - Inaugural President, Australasian Association of Psychiatrists 1951 1951 Life event - Retired 1964 1964 Life event - Returned to live in the United Kingdom 1965 1975 Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Founding Fellow 1938 - 1975

 The University of Sydney (1850 - )

Professor of Psychiatry 1927 - 1951

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 'Dawson, William Siegfried', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Dawson, William Siegfried Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Dawson, William Siegfried (1891-1975), psychiatrist Garton, Stephen Dawson, William Siegfried (1891-1975), psychiatrist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 596 Journal Article: William Siegfried Dawson Russell, J. D.; and Arnott, D. W H. William Siegfried Dawson 1976 Medical Journal of Australia 1976 1 98 Book: Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians McDonald, G. L. Roll of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Sydney Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1988-1994 Journal Article: William Siegfried Dawson: a Pioneering Australasian Psychiatrist Roxanas, Milton William Siegfried Dawson: a Pioneering Australasian Psychiatrist 2013 Australasian Psychiatry 21 1 8-12 William Siegfried Dawson - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales William Siegfried Dawson - Records ML MSS 1418 1850 - 1900 Typescript with illustrations and photographs entitled 'Annals of Psychiatry in New South Wales 1850-1900' 1965 [1 volume, ML MSS 1418 and microfilm CY 339]. 1 volume Artwork, Microform, Photographs