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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2024-10-23 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002710b.htm person Walker Allan Seymour AACR2 19 June 1887 8 January 1958 Place of Birth Richmond, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Physician Medical historian Allan Walker was a physician with a particular interest in pathology and neurology. He served in a medical capacity in World War I and II and edited the medical series of Australia's involvement in World War II from 1945-1956. When the Association of Physicians of Australasia became the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1938, he was honorary secretary and helped to set up an administrative system which formed a model for other professional associations. Walker worked at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in New South Wales for nearly forty years. Some of his many other medical posts include a consultant physician to St George in Canterbury, to the Western Suburbs and Parramatta district hospitals and physician and director of the Queen Victoria Homes for Consumptives. 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 Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1913 1920 Career position - General Practice in Parkes, New South Wales 1915 1918 Military service - War service with the Australian Army Medical Corps 1920 1925 Career position - Honorary Morbid Anatomist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1922 1922 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Sydney 1922 1927 Career position - Private practice in Summer Hill, New South Wales 1922 1958 Career position - Assistant Physician (to 1933), Physician (to 1945), and Consulting Physician at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 1928 1938 Career position - Demonstrator in Pathology, University of Sydney 1937 Career position - Lecturer in Clinical Medicine, University of Sydney 1939 1944 Military service - War service with the Australian Imperial Force

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 'Walker, Allan Seymour', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Walker, Allan Seymour Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Walker, Allan Seymour (1887-1958), physician and medical historian Gandevia, Bryan; McDonald, G. L. Walker, Allan Seymour (1887-1958), physician and medical historian Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 355-356