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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker updated 2026-02-02 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002773b.htm person Woodruff Harold Addison AACR2 10 July 1877 1 May 1966 Place of Birth Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Place of Death Edinburgh, Mid-Lothian, Scotland Veterinary scientist Bacteriologist Harold Woodruff was professor of veterinary pathology and director of the veterinary institute at the University of Melbourne from 1913 until the veterinary school closed in 1928. He then became director of the bacteriology department, being promoted to professor in 1935 and retiring in 1944. He established the Public Health Laboratories (later the Diagnostic Unit) within the bounds of the university and is commemorated by the Woodruff Theatre in the microbiology building. Woodruff was educated at the Royal Veterinary College, London (MRCVS), London University? (MRCS, LRCP) and at the University of Melbourne (BSc) 1898 1898 Education - Educated at the Royal Veterinary College, London (MRCVS) 1898 1899 Career position - Tutor in Surgery, Royal Veterinary College, London 1899 1899 Career position - Professor of Veterinary Science and Bacteriology, Royal Agricultural College in Cirencester, UK 1900 1908 Career position - Professor of Materia Medica and Hygiene, Royal Veterinary College 1908 1912 Career position - Professor of Veterinary Medicine, Royal Veterinary College 1912 1912 Education - MRCS, LRCP 1913 1915 Career position - Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Director of the Veterinary Institute, University of Melbourne 1915 1917 Military service - Major with the Australian Army Veterinary Corps 1917 1928 Career position - Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Director of the Veterinary Institute, University of Melbourne 1919 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Veterinary Science), Australian National Research Council 1920 1922 Career position - President, Veterinary Association of Victoria 1921 1921 Career position - President, Section L (Veterinary Science), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1922 1923 Career position - President, Australian Veterinary Association 1923 1923 Career position - President, Section L (Veterinary Science), Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1928 1944 Career position - Director of the Bacteriology Department, University of Melbourne 1935 1944 Career position - Professor of the Bacteriology, University of Melbourne Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888 - 1930)

President, Section L (Veterinary Science) 1921 and 1923

 Australian Veterinary Association (1921 - )

President 1922 - 1923

 The University of Melbourne (1853 - )

Professor of Veterinary Pathology and Director, Veterinary Institute 1917 - 1928; Professor of Bacteriology 1935 - 1944

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

Foundation Member (Veterinary Science) 1919 -

 Conference convened by the Prime Minister, S.M. Bruce, to consider the reorganisation of the Commonwealth Institute of Science and Industry, 30 May and 1 June 1925

Representative of Victoria

 Wallaby Club (1894 - )

President 1946 - 1947

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 Woodruff, H A (1877-1966)

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 'Woodruff, Harold Addison', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Woodruff, Harold Addison Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Woodruff, Harold Addison (1877-1966), veterinary pathologist and bacteriologist Killip, Norah L. Woodruff, Harold Addison (1877-1966), veterinary pathologist and bacteriologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1990 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 12: 1891 - 1939 Smy-Z John Ritchie 562-563 Journal Article: Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939 Schedvin, C. B. Environment, Economy and Australian Biology 1890-1939 1984 Historical Studies 21 11-28 Journal Article: Section L - Veterinary Science. The prevention of the spread of stock diseases Australia [presidential address] Woodruff, Harold A. Section L - Veterinary Science. The prevention of the spread of stock diseases Australia [presidential address] Report of the 16th meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science 1923 812-22 Book: The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Currie, George; Graham, John The Origins of CSIRO: Science and the Commonwealth Government, 1901-1926 Melbourne CSIRO 1966 Journal Article: Arthur William Turner 1900-1989 French, E. L.; and Sutherland, A. K. Arthur William Turner 1900-1989 1992 Historical Records of Australian Science 9 1 49-63