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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created human Helen Cohn updated 2024-01-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P005817b.htm person Nisbet Alwyn Tom Hays AACR2 5 February 1892 5 November 1953 Place of Birth Townsville, Queensland, Australia Place of Death Crows Nest, New South Wales, Australia Radiologist Alwyn Nisbet was a pioneer Australian radiologist who worked at several Brisbane hospitals before moving to Sydney in 1929. Here he held honorary positions as both diagnostic and therapeutic radiologist at Prince Alfred, Royal North Shore and Sydney Hospitals, and the Department of Repatriation. From the 1920s Nisbet played a central role in the establishment of the first Australasian specialist radiological organisation, the Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiologists. He was its president from 1935 to 1947. Nisbet further advocated for an Australasian College separate from the English body. This was achieved in 1949 when the College of Radiologists (Australia and New Zealand) was founded. The College holds the annual Nisbet Symposium (later Lecture) in his honour. 1915 1915 Education - MB, University of Sydney 1916 1916 Education - ChM, University of Sydney 1916 1919 Career position - Served with the Australian Army Medical Corps 1919 1919 Education - Diploma in Sanitary Science, University of Cambridge 1928 1929 Career position - Director, Queensland Cancer Clinic 1935 1947 Career position - President, Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiology 1942 1942 Education - Diploma in Radiology, University of Sydney 1950 1950 Career position - Honorary Fellow, Faculty of Radiologists (England) Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiology (1935 - 1942)

President 1935 - 1942, and President, Australian and New Zealand Association of Radiologists 1942 - 1947

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 'Nisbet, Alwyn Tom Hays', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Nisbet, Alwyn Tom Hays Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Nisbet, Alwyn Tom Hays (1892 - 1953), radiologist Tate, Audrey Nisbet, Alwyn Tom Hays (1892 - 1953), radiologist 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 305 Edited Book: Australasian Radiology: a History Ryan, James, Sutton, Keith and Baigent, Malcolm Australasian Radiology: a History Sydney McGraw-Hill 1996