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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human Gavan McCarthy [P004098] and Helen Cohn updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002177b.htm person Campbell Thomas Draper AACR2 24 March 1893 8 December 1967 Place of Birth Millicent, South Australia, Australia Place of Death Tusmore, South Australia, Australia Dentist Anthropologist Thomas Campbell was Dental Superintendent, Adelaide Hospital and Honorary Curator in Anthropology, South Australian Museum. He lectured in dentistry 1925-1948, was Director of Dental Studies 1949-1953 and foundation professor 1954-1958 at the University of Adelaide. Campbell's doctoral research, published as Dentition and palate of the Australian Aborigines (1925), noted the difference between Aboriginal and European dentition and set new standards for dental anthropology. His interest in anthropology led to his participation in two expeditions into remote South Australia in the 1920s and to him playing a central role in the establishment by the University of Adelaide of the Board of Anthropological Research. For the Board Campbell led and participated in over 15 expeditions. He was Chairman of the Board at the time of his death. In 1951 he led a team of scientists to Yuendumu, north-west of Alice Springs, and directed several ethnographic films about the crafts and skills of the Yuendumu people between 1951 and 1961. His classification of stone tools became the typology used in Australia. 1917 1917? Career position - Honorary Lieutenant, Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve (Dental) 1917 1917 Education - Qualified at the Dental Board of South Australia 1919 1919 Education - Graduated from the Elder Conservatorium of Music, Adelaide 1921 1921 Education - Bachelor of Dental Science (BDSc), University of Adelaide 1921 1926 Career position - House Surgeon, Dental Department, Adelaide Hospital 1922 1967 Award - Fellow, Royal Society of South Australia 1923 1923 Education - Doctor of Dental Science (DDSc), University of Adelaide 1924 1940 Career position - Honorary Curator of Anthropology, South Australian Institute 1925 1938 Career position - Lecturer in Dentistry, University of Adelaide 1926 Career position - Dental Superintendent, Adelaide Hospital 1926 1926 Career position - Foundation Member, Anthropological Society of South Australia 1926 1926 Career position - Foundation Board Member, Board of Anthropological Research 1927 1927 Career event - Elected Associate Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council 1928 1929 Career position - President, Anthropological Society of South Australia 1928 1935 Career position - Member of Council, Royal Society of South Australia 1932 1932 Career event - Elected Member (Anthropology), Australian National Research Council 1932 1934 Career position - Vice-President, Royal Society of South Australia 1933 1940 Career position - Foundation Member of the Board, South Australian Institute 1934 1935 Career position - President, Royal Society of South Australia 1937 1937 Career event - Fellow, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science (ANZAAS) 1938 1958 Career position - Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Adelaide 1939 1939 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Adelaide 1940 1967 Career position - Member of the Board, South Australian Museum 1944 1944 Career position - President, Anthropological Society of South Australia 1948 1967 Career position - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) 1949 1953 Career position - Director of Dental Studies, University of Adelaide 1950 1967 Career position - Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 1952 1967 Career position - Member, Odontology Section, Royal Society of Medicine, United Kingdom 1954 1958 Career position - Foundation Professor of Dentistry, University of Adelaide 1964 1967 Career position - Foundation Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies 1966 1967 Award - Fellow, Australian College of Dental Surgeons 1967 1967 Career position - Chairman, Board of Anthropological Research Board of Anthropological Research (1926 - 1974)

Inaugural Member 1926; Chairman 1967

 Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies (1964 - 1990)

Foundation Member 1964 - 1967

 The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Foundation Professor of Dentistry 1954 - 1958; Dean Faculty of Dentistry 1938 - 1958

 South Australian Institute (1856 - 1940)

Honorary Curator of Anthropology 1924 - 1940; Member of the Board 1933 - 1940

 South Australian Museum (1940 - )

Member of the Board 1940 - 1966

 Royal Society of South Australia (1880 - )

Fellow 1922 - 1967; President 1934 - 1935

 Australian National Research Council (ANRC) (1919 - 1955)

Elected Member (Anthropology) 1932 - ; Associate Member (Anthropology) 1927 - 1931

 Adelaide Hospital (1840 - )

Dental Superintendent 1926 -

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

Fellow 1937 -

Wikidata

 Campbell, T D (1893-1967)

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 'Campbell, Thomas Draper', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Campbell, Thomas Draper Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Obituary: Thomas Draper Campbell (1894-1967) Edwards, Robert Obituary: Thomas Draper Campbell (1894-1967) 1968 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 92 125 Journal Article: Obituary: Thomas Draper Campbell [with selected bibliography] Obituary: Thomas Draper Campbell [with selected bibliography] 1968 Records of the South Australian Museum 15 4 647-670 Book Section: Campbell, Thomas Draper (1893-1967), professor of dentistry and anthropologist Brown, Tasman; Rogers, Ruth Campbell, Thomas Draper (1893-1967), professor of dentistry and anthropologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 361-362 Journal Article: Everything you've been told about the history of Australian archaeology is wrong Spriggs, Matthew Everything you've been told about the history of Australian archaeology is wrong 2020 Bulletin of the history of archaeology 30 1:3 1-16 Journal Article: South Australian anthropological history: the Board for Anthropological Research and its early expeditions Jones, P. G. South Australian anthropological history: the Board for Anthropological Research and its early expeditions 1987 Records of the South Australian Museum 20 71-92 Thomas Draper Campbell - Records South Australian Museum Archives Thomas Draper Campbell - Records AA52 1926 - 1965 Thomas Draper Campbell - Records Barr Smith Library, Special Collections, The University of Adelaide Thomas Draper Campbell - Records 301.2994/C19 1925 - 1934 Slides of Aborigines and Aboriginal ceremonies and sites of Central Australia, principally taken on expeditions of the Board of Aboriginal Studies, then the Board of Anthropological Research c1925-34; negatives and prints were made from the slides c1983 [216 slides, 301.2994/C191s Strongroom]. 216 items Photographs