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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2019-12-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005770b.htm person Henderson Gilbert Dowling AACR2 7 July 1890 19 October 1977 Place of Birth Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia Dentist Gilbert Henderson was a dentist who for many years was Dean of the College of Dental Science in Perth, Western Australia. His particular expertise was in oral surgery and radiology. During WWII he served at the Military Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria, where specialised in designing mechanical aids for repairing fractured facial bones, and fine prosthetic shields to restore soft tissue loss around the face. He was best known for building a prosthetic hand, activated by rods inserted in the arm muscles. Henderson resumed his role at the College of Dental Science after the war. Committed to community service, he was honorary oral surgeon to Royal Perth and Fremantle hospitals and to the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. For many years Henderson was actively involved in the Western Australia Branch of the Australian Dental Association. The Faculty of Dental Science, University of Western Australia, established the Gilbert Henderson Prize in oral surgery and conferred on him a Doctorate of Dental Science. 1915 1915 Career event - Registered by the Dental Board of Western Australia 1922 1922 Career position - Foundation Member, Western Australian Branch, Australian Dental Association 1926 1942? Career position - Chairman, Perth Dental Hospital 1936 1942 Career position - Dean, Western Australian College of Dental Science 1942 1945 Career position - Captain (later Major), Australian Army Medical Corps (Dental) 1945 1965 Career position - Dean, College of Dental Science, Perth 1945 1965 Career position - Vice-President, Australian Dental Association Congress, Perth 1950 1950 Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.) 1950 1977 Career position - Fellow, International College of Dentistry 1965 1965 Career position - Fellow, International College of Dentistry

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 Henderson, Gilbert Dowling (18900707-19771019)

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 'Henderson, Gilbert Dowling', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Henderson, Gilbert Dowling Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Henderson, Gilbert Dowling (1890 - 1977), dentist Stockwell, R. F. Henderson, Gilbert Dowling (1890 - 1977), dentist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2005 Australian dictionary of biography: supplement 1580 - 1980, with a name index to the Australian dictionary of biography to 1980 Christopher Cunneen 173-4