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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-07-09 human Ken McInnes updated 2025-07-09 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007767b.htm person Robertson Duncan Glenerochie AACR2 10 March 1883 1929 Place of Birth Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Place of Death West Perth, Western Australia, Australia Medical doctor Duncan Robertson MB ChB MD was widely published in industrial hygiene and epidemiology, was an active member of the Hookworm Campaign sponsored by the International Health Board of the Rockefeller Foundation, and was the Director, Division of Industrial Hygiene, Commonwealth Department of Health from 1923 until his sudden death in 1929. Robertson was awarded a travelling fellowship by the International Health Board for 1922-23, together with Alan Gordon Gutteridge. This took him to the United States and Europe, including work at new Harvard School of Public Health. Earlier he had been the Chief Quarantine Officer for Western Australia; Chief Health Officer, Tasmania; and the Chief Quarantine Officer for Victoria. 1909 1909 Education - Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB), University of Edinburgh 1912 1912 Education - Doctor of Medicine (MD), University of Edinburgh 1913 1913 Career position - Chief Quarantine Officer, West Australia, Commonwealth Department of Health 1915 1915 Military service - First World War. Australian Army Medical Corp [Served in Egypt] 1915 c. 1917 Career position - Chief Health Officer, Tasmania c. 1917 1918 Career position - Chief Quarantine Officer, Victoria 1918 1919 Military service - First World War. Australian Army Medical Corp [Served in France] 1922 1923 Award - Travelling fellowship by the International Health Board [Visited United States and Europe, studied at the Harvard School of Public Health] 1923 1929 Career position - Director, Division of Industrial Hygiene, Commonwealth Department of Health 1929 1929 Buried - Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth Gutteridge, Alan Gordon (Gordon) (1892 - 1942) 'Robertson, Duncan Glenerochie', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Robertson, Duncan Glenerochie Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation