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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2013-05-01 human Tom Hyde updated 2025-03-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005375b.htm person Best John Victor Hall Kt AACR2 Hall Best, John Victor 22 December 1894 27 February 1972 Place of Birth Neuchâtel, Switzerland Place of Death Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia Dentist Sir John Victor Hall Best studied dentistry at the University of Sydney and graduated with fist-class honours in 1917. He practiced at Mount Gambier from 1917 to 1921 before moving to the United States and graduating from Harvard in 1922. Best returned to Sydney and established a practice in Macquarie Street. He was honorary secretary on the Society of Dental Science from 1925 to 1927, founder of the Australian Dental Association in 1928 and served as its federal president from 1940 to 1944 and 1950-1954. Best enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in 1942 and served as a consulting dental surgeon at the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was awarded the R. Fairfax Reading memorial prize in 1955 by the Dental Alumni Society of the University of Sydney and was knighted in 1956. 1940 1944 Career position - President, Australian Dental Association 1950 1954 Career position - President, Australian Dental Association 1956 1956 Award - Knight Bachelor (Kt) 1957 1960 Career position - President, Orchid Society of New South Wales 1960 1964 Career position - Founder and inaugural Pres, Australian Orchid Council Australian Dental Association (1928 - )

President 1940 - 1944

 Australian Orchid Council (1960 - )

President 1960 - 1964

 Orchid Society of New South Wales (1934 - )

President 1957 - 1960

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 Best, John Victor Hall (18941222-19720227)

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 'Best, John Victor Hall', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Best, John Victor Hall Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Best, Sir John Victor Hall (1894-1972), dentist Watson, A. O. Best, Sir John Victor Hall (1894-1972), dentist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1993 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De John Ritchie 175-176 Resource: B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 CA 2002, 2 Echelon, Army Headquarters; CA 46, Department of Defence [III], Central Office B883 Second Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947 National Archives of Australia, RecordSearch