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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2025-06-10 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005804b.htm person Willis Rupert Allan AACR2 24 December 1898 26 March 1980 Place of Birth Yarram, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Birkenhead, United Kingdom Pathologist Rupert Willis was a pathologist internationally renowned for his investigation of the morphology and behaviour of tumours. His work helped formulate the modern approach to tumour classification and histogenesis. For nearly 20 years he held senior positions at the Austin and Alfred Hospitals in Melbourne, where he established stringent standards for dissections in necropsies. His research also encompassed disorders of growth, experimental carcinogenesis, transplantation of tissues in rodents, and the comparative pathology of neoplastic and non-neoplastic diseases. In 1945 Willis moved to the United Kingdom to become Collins Professor of Pathology at the Royal College of Surgeons. As consultant to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund he set up Tumour Reference Collection. He published several influential texts including The spread of tumours in the human body (1934, 3rd ed. 1973), considered to be one of the "modern classics" of medical writing, and Borderland between embryology and pathology (1958, 2nd ed. 1963). 1922 1922 Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne 1922 1924 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1924 1927 Career position - In general practice, Lilydale, Tasmania 1927 1930 Career position - Medical Superintendent, Austin Hospital for Chronic and Incurable Diseases 1929 1929 Education - MD, University of Melbourne 1930 1933 Career position - Pathologist, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1932 1932 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne 1933 1935 Career position - Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Buckston Brown Research Farm, Kent, United Kingdom 1934 1934 Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom 1935 1935 Award - David Syme Research Prize, University of Melbourne 1935 1945 Career position - Pathologist, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne 1942 1942 Career position - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, United Kingdom 1945 1948 Career position - Collins Professor of Pathology, Royal College of Surgeons of England 1948 1950 Career position - Pathologist, Royal Cancer Hospital, Fulham, United Kingdom 1950 1955 Career position - Professor of Pathology, University of Leeds, United Kingdom 1959 Career position - Honorary Consultant Pathologist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund 1961 1980 Award - Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians 1961 1980 Award - Elected Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) 1962 1962 Award - Honorary LLD, University of Glasgow 1963 1964 Career position - MacFarlane Chair of Experimental Medicine, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, United Kingdom 1970 1970 Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Pathologists, United Kingdom Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (1938 - )

Fellow 1961 - 1980

 David Syme Research Prize, The University of Melbourne (1904 - )

Awarded the Prize 1935

 Alfred Hospital (1871 - )

Pathologist 1930 - 1933 and 1935 - 1945

 Willis, James Hamlyn (Jim) (1910 - 1995)

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VIAF - Virtual International Authority File

 Willis, Rupert Allan (18981224-19800326)

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 'Willis, Rupert Allan', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Willis, Rupert Allan Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Willis, Rupert Allan (1898-1980), pathologist Howie-Willis, Ian Willis, Rupert Allan (1898-1980), pathologist Melbourne Melbourne University Press 2002 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 16: 1940 - 1980 Pik-Z John Ritchie and Diane Langmore 557 Journal Article: Rupert Allan Willis B., C. C.; and C., A. R. Rupert Allan Willis 1980 The Lancet 315 8174 940 Journal Article: Rupert Alan Willis Osborn, G. S.; and Gault, E. W. Rupert Alan Willis 1980 Medical Journal of Australia 1980 2 166 Journal Article: Rupert Willis Attwood, H. D. Rupert Willis 1980 American Journal of Surgical Pathology 4 5 511-6 Journal Article: Obituary: Rupert Allan Willis, D.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.R.C. Path,1898 - 1980 Bird, C. C.; and Currie, A. R. Obituary: Rupert Allan Willis, D.Sc., M.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.R.C. Path,1898 - 1980 1982 Journal of Pathology 136 4 345-7 Journal Article: Cameron, Burnet and Willis - three Australian pathologists Gault, E. W. Cameron, Burnet and Willis - three Australian pathologists 1971 Indian Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology 14 53-67 Journal Article: Rupert Alan Willis DSc., M.D. (Melb..), F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.Path., Hon. LLD (Glasgow) Anon Rupert Alan Willis DSc., M.D. (Melb..), F.R.C.P., F.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.P., F.R.C.Path., Hon. LLD (Glasgow) 1980 Pathology (Sydney) 12 649-50