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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2024-01-25 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-09-17 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007335b.htm person Patterson Sydney Wentworth AACR2 1882 4 May 1960 Place of Birth Victoria, Australia Place of Death University Hospital, London, England Pathologist Medical practitioner Medical researcher Sydney Patterson MB ChB MD DSc FRCP, a highly respected researcher in pathology, physiology and gastroenterology, was the first director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Research Institute, Melbourne from 1919 to 1923. 1904 1904 Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB), University of Melbourne 1905 1905 Education - Bachelor of Surgery (ChB), University of Melbourne 1907 1907 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Melbourne c. 1908 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Children's Hospital, Melbourne c. 1908 1908 Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Melbourne Hospital c. 1912 c. 1912 Life event - Went to England c. 1912 c. 1916 Award - Beit Memorial Research Fellowship 1912 1916 Career position - Researcher, University College, London [under Ernest Henry Starling CMG FRCP FRS] 1914 1918 Military service - First World War. Major, Assitant adviser in pathology, Royal Army Medical Corps [ Rouen area] 1916 1916 Award - Schafer triennial prize for research, University Collage, London 1916 1916 Education - Doctor of Science in Physiology (DSc), University College, London 1919 1919 Life event - Returned to Australia 1919 1919 Life event - Married Muriel Starling, daughter of Ernest Henry Starling CMG FRCP FRS, at St.Mary's Kilburn, London 1919 1923 Career position - First Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne 1921 1923 Career position - Foundation Councillor (Pathology), Australian National Research Council 1923 1923 Life event - Moved to North Wales 1923 1958 Career position - Clinician, Ruthin Castle Hospital, North Wales 1932 1932 Career event - Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP) 1954 1954 Career position - President, British Society of Gastroenterology 1958 1958 Life event - Retired 1958 1960 Career position - Researcher in wound healing, University College, London The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (1915 - )

First Director 1919 - 1923

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

Foundation Member (Pathology) 1921 - 1923

 'Patterson, Sydney Wentworth', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Patterson, Sydney Wentworth Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Edited Book: Who's Who in Australia 1935 Knox, Errol G. Who's Who in Australia 1935 Melbourne Herald and Weekly Times Ltd 1935 Journal Article: Obituary: S. W. Patterson, MD DSc FRCP Obituary: S. W. Patterson, MD DSc FRCP British Medical Journal 1575 Conference Paper: A Case Study: the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Brumby, Margaret A Case Study: the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Canberra Australian Science Archives Project 1995 Recovering Science: Strategies and Models for the Past, Present and Future: Proceedings of a Conference Held at the University of Melbourne, October 1992 Tim Sherratt, Lisa Jooste and Rosanne Clayton 57-60