Professors of the Faculty of Medicine since 1856
From Faculty of Medicine Online Museum and Archive
Part 1
Those disciplines in which the Professors at present have membership of the Faculty of Medicine ex officio.
Physiology
1883–1920 | Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart[1]
Kt MD HonLLD Edin. HonDSc Durham MD Melb. | |
1921–1928 | H. G. Chapman
MD BS Melb. | |
1930–1946 | H. W. Davies
MB BS Adel. | |
1942–1955 | F. S. Cotton[1]
DSc | |
1955–1967 | P. O. Bishop
MB BS DSc HonMD FAA FRS | |
1961– | M. G. Taylor
MD BS Adel. PhD DSc Lond. FRACP | |
1967– | William Burke
BSc PhD Lond. | |
1976– | J. A. Young
DSc MD BSc(Path) BS Qld FRACP | |
1983– | M. R. Bennett[1]
BE MSc PhD Melb. DSc FAA |
Anatomy
1883–1890 | Sir Thomas Anderson Stuart[1]
Kt MD HonLLD Edin. HonDSc Durham MD Melb | |
1890–1920 | J. T. Wilson[1]
MB ChM Edin. MA FRS | |
1922–1924 | J. I. Hunter[1]
MD ChM | |
1926–1955 | A. N. StG. Burkitt[1]
MB BSc | |
1937–1948 | J. L. Shellshear[1]
MD MS | |
1955–1973 | N. W. G. Macintosh[1]
MB BS DipAnth HonFRACS Hon FRACDS | |
1973– | M. J. Blunt[1]
MB BS PhD Lond. HonFRACS HonFRACO LMSSA |
Pathology
1902–1935 | D. A. Welsh
BSc MA MD Edin. FRCPEd | |
1936–1952 | W. K. Inglis
MD ChM FRACP | |
1953–1977 | F. R. Magarey[1]
MD BS Adel. FRCPA FRCPath MRCP HonFRACS | |
1977–1980 | V. J. McGovern
MD ChB N.Z. FRACP FRCPA FRCPath | |
1968– | D. A. Cameron
MDS PhD | |
1981– | A.B.P. Ng
MB BS Melb. FASCP FIAC FASDerm FRCPA | |
1983– | Susan E. Dorsch
MB BS PhD |
Pharmacology
1918–1920 | H. G. Chapman
MD BS Melb. | |
1949–1975 | R. H. Thorp[1]
BSc PhDMed Lond. | |
1979– | John Shaw[1]
MB BS PhD FRACP | |
1980– | G. A. R. Johnston
PhD Cantab. MSc FRACI |
Medicine
1920–1930 | A. E. Mills
MB ChM | |
1930–1956 | C. G. Lambie[1]
MC MD ChB Edin. FRCP FRSEd | |
1957–1978 | C. R. B. Blackburn[1], [1]
ED MD BS FRCP FRACP HonFACP | |
1966–1971 | J. R. Read
MD BS FRACP | |
1968–1974 | P. I. Korner[1]
MD BS MSc FRACP FAA | |
1972– | J. G. McLeod[1][1]
DPhil Oxon. BSc(Med) MB BS FRACP FRCP FAA | |
1973– | D. W. Piper
MD BS FRCP FRACP | |
1976– | D. T. Kelly[1]
MB ChB N.Z. FRACP FACC | |
1976– | J. R. Lawrence
MB BS Adel. FRACP HonFACP | |
1978– | P. A. Castaldi
MD BS FRACP FRCPA | |
1979– | J. R. Turtle
MD BS FRACP | |
1983– | P. M. Brooks[1]
MD BS Monash FRACP FACRM |
Surgery
1921–1928 | F. P. Sandes[1]
MD ChM BSc | |
1930–1956 | Sir Harold Dew[1]
Kt MB BS Melb. HonDSc FRCS HonFRCSEd FACS FRACS | |
1956–1979 | Sir John Loewenthal[1]
Kt CMG ED MS Melb. MB BS FRCS FRACS FACS HonFACS HonFRCSEd HonFCM(SA) | |
1966– | G. W. Milton[1]
MB BS Adel. FRCS FRACS | |
1969– | T. K. F. Taylor[1]
DPhil Oxon. MB BS FRCS FRCSEd FRACS | |
1973–1982 | M. T. Pheils[1]
MA MB MChir Cantab. LRCP FRCS FACS FRACS | |
1974– | T. S. Reeve
CBE MB BS FACS FRACS DDU HonFRACR | |
1977– | J. M. Little
MD MS FRACS | |
1978– | A. G. R. Sheil[1]
BSc MA Oxon. MB MS Qld FRCS FRACS FACS | |
1979– | James May
MB MS FRACS FACS | |
1983– | R. J. Lusby
MB BS N.S.W. MD Brist. FRCS FRACS | |
1983– | W. P. R. Gibson[1]
MD BS Lond. FRCS |
Psychiatry
1922–1926 | Sir John Macpherson
KBE MD Edin. FRCPEd | |
1927–1932 | W. S. Dawson
MA MD BCh Oxon. DPM FRCP FRACP | |
1933–1936 | Vacant | |
1937–1952 | W. S. Dawson
MA MD BCh Oxon. DPM FRCP FRACP | |
1953–1955 | Vacant | |
1956–1961 | Sir William Trethowan
Kt CBE MA MB BChir Cantab. DPM Lond. FRCP MRCS FRACP FRCPsych FRSocMed HonFRANZCP | |
1962–1974 | D. C. Maddison
MB BS DPM FRANZCP FRACP | |
1975– | P. J. V. Beumont
MB ChB Pret. MSc Oxon. MPhil Lond. DPM FRANZCP FRACP FRCPsych MRCPEd |
Obstetrics and Gynaecology[1]
1925–1940 | J. C. Windeyer
MD ChM FRACS FRCOG MRCS LRCP | |
1941–1968 | B. T. Mayes[1]
CMG MVO MB BS FRCSEd FRCOG FRACS HonFRACGP FRACOG | |
1968– | R. P. Shearman
MD BS DGO FRCOG FRACOG | |
1978– | C. N. Hudson
MA MB MChir Cantab. FRCS FRCOG FRACOG FRFPSGlas |
Histology and Embryology [1]
1928–1956 | C. W. Stump[1]
MD ChB DSc Edin. FRSEd | |
1957– | K. W. Cleland[1]
MB BS |
Bacteriology
1930–1934 | H. D. Wright[1]
BA Tas. MD ChB DSc Edin. | |
1935–1952 | H. K. Ward[1]
MC DPH DA Oxon. MB FRACP | |
1953–1978 | P. M. de Burgh[1],[1]
MB BS FRCPA |
Preventive Medicine[1]
1930–1946 | Harvey Sutton[1]
OBE MD ChB DPH Melb. BSc Oxon. FRSH FRACP | |
1947–1967 | Sir Edward Ford[1][1]
Kt OBE MD BS Melb. DPH Lond. HonDLitt DTM FZS FRSH FRCP FRACP | |
1968– | C. B. Kerr DPhil
Oxon. MB BS FRACP MFCM |
Biochemistry
1938–1948 | Henry Priestley[1],[1]
MD ChM BSc FRACP | |
1949–1976 | J. L. Still[1],[1]
PhD Cantab. BSc | |
1975–1979 | K. W. Taylor
MB BChir MA PhD Cantab. | |
1977– | R. G. Wake[1]
MSc PhD | |
1980– | P. W. Kuchel
MB BS BMedSci Adel. PhD ANU |
Tropical Medicine
1947–1957 | A. H. Baldwin
MB BS DPH Melb. DTM & H Lond. FRACP | |
1963–1982 | R. H. Black
ED DTM & H Liv. MD BS DipAnth FRACP |
Child Health
1949–1960 | Sir Lorimer Dods
Kt MVO MD ChM DCH(RCP&S) FRACP | |
1960–1983 | Thomas Stapleton
MA DM BCh Oxon. DCH(RCP&S) FRCP FRACP | |
1979– | Neil Buchanan[1]
BSc MB BS Lond. PhD Witw. MRCS LRCP FRACP FCP(SA) |
Mathematical Statistics
1959–1978 | H. O. Lancaster[1]
BA MD BS PhD DSc FISI FIMS FASA HonLMAMS HonLMSSA HonFSS FAA | |
1979– | Eugene Seneta
MSc Adel. PhD ANU |
Anaesthetics
1963– | Douglas Joseph[1]
MB BS FFARCS FFARACS |
Environmental Health[1]
1966–1976 | R. K. Macpherson[1],[1]
MD BS MSc Qld FRACP | |
1976– | D. A. Ferguson[1]
MD BS FRACP |
Professor and Full-Time Dean of the Faculty of Medicine[1]
1974– | R. S. Gye
MA DPhil Oxon. MB BS BSc(Med) FRCS FRACS |
Immunology
1975– | Antony Basten[1]
MB BS Adel. DPhil Oxon. FRCP FRCPA FRACP FTS |
Community Medicine
1975– | Charles Bridges-Webb
MB BS Melb. MD Monash FRACGP | |
1979–1983 | G. R. Andrews[1]
MB BS FRCP FRACMA FRACP FACRM |
Clinical Ophthalmology
1977– | F. A. Billson
MB BS Melb. DO(RCP&S) FRCS FRCSEd FRACS FACS FRACO | |
Director of the Commonwealth Institute of Health[1] | ||
1977–1982 | Lindsay Davidson
MB ChB Edin. MD Birm. FRCP FRCPEd FRACP FRACMA MFCM MRCPGlas. | |
1982– | Vacant pro temp |
Cancer Medicine
1977– | M. H. N. Tattersall[1]
MA BChir MD Cantab. MSc Lond. FRCP FRACP | |
1983– | R. M. Fox
BSc(Med) MB BS PhD FRACP |
Human Nutrition
1978– | AA. S. Truswell[1]
MD ChB CapeT. FRCP FFCM FRACP |
Director of the Children’s Medical Research Foundation
1980– | P. B. Rowe[1]
MD BS FRACP |
Public Health Biology
1983– | D. O. Sillence
MD Melb. MB BS FRACP FRCPA |
Clinical Professors
Radiotherapy 1977– | A. O. Langlands
BSc MB ChB DMRT Edin. FRCR FRACR | |
Pathology 1978– | E. S. Finckh
MD BS DCP FRCPA FRACP FRCPath | |
Medicine 1979–1982 | J. G. D. Rankin
MB BS FRACP FRCP(C) | |
Psychiatry 1980– | W. A. Cramond
OBE MD ChB Aberd. MD Adel. DPM Lond. FRANZCP FRCPsych FRACP FRSEd | |
Psychiatry 1981– | R. A. Meares
MD BS Melb. DPM Lond. FRANZCP MRCPsych |
Part 2
Those disciplines in which the Professors formerly had membership of the Faculty of Medicine ex officio.
Physics
1852–1885 | The Hon. John Smith[1]
CMG MD HonLLD Aberd. | |
1886–1898 | Richard Threlfall
MA Cantab. | |
1899–1922 | J. A. Pollock
DSc FRS | |
1923–1945 | O. U. Vonwiller
BSc | |
1924–1960 | V. A. Bailey
MA DPhil Oxon. FInstP FAA | |
1952– | Harry Messel[1]
CBE BA BSc Qu. PhD NUI | |
1959–1977 | S. T. Butler[1]
MSc Adel. PhD Birm. DSc ANU FAA | |
1960–1980 | C. N. Watson-Munro[1],[1]
OBE DSc NZ FInstP FAA MIEE | |
1961– | J. M. Bennett[1]
AO BSc BE Qld PhD Cantab. FTS FBCS LMACS FIEAust FIMA | |
1961– | C. B. A. McCusker[1]
DSc Manc. MRIA | |
1964–1982 | Robert Hanbury-Brown[1],[1]
BScEng DIC Lond. DSc Manc. FRS FRAS FAA HonFASc MIEE |
Chemistry
1852–1881 | The Hon John Smith[1]
CMG MD HonLLD Aberd. | |
1874–1907 | Archibald Liversidge
MA Cantab. LLD Glas. FRS | |
1909–1945 | C. E. Fawsitt
DSc Edin. PhD Leipzig | |
1946–1970 | R. J. W. Le Fevre[1]
PhD DSc Lond. FRIC FRACI FRS FAA |
Organic Chemistry
1913–1916 | Sir Robert Robinson
Kt OM DSc Manc. FRS Nobel Laureate | |
1916–1923 | John Read
MA Cantab. BSc Lond. PhD Zurich FRS | |
1923–1928 | James Kenner
PhD Heidelberg DSc Lond. FRS | |
1928–1947 | J. C. Earl
PhD StAnd. DSc Adel. | |
1952–1955 | A. J. Birch
DPhil Oxon. MSc FRS FAA | |
1956–1969 | C. W. Shoppee[1]
PhD DSc Lond. DPhil Basel FRIC FRACI FRS FAA |
Physical Chemistry
1952–1956 | D. P. Craig
PhD DSc Lond. MSc FRS FAA | |
1956–1970 | A. E. Alexander[1]
MA PhD ScD Cantab. BSc Rdg FRACI FAA |
Biology[1]
1882–1890 | W. J. Stephens
MA Oxon. | |
1890–1917 | W. A. Haswell[1]
MA DSc Edin. FRS FLS | |
1918–1922 | S. J. Johnston[1]
BA DSc | |
1923–1928 | Launcelot Harrison[1]
BA BSc | |
1929–1947 | W. J. Dakin[1]
DSc Liv. DSc WAust. FLS FZS | |
1949–1960 | P. D. F. Murray[1]
BSc Oxon. MA Cantab. DSc FAA | |
1963–1965 | F. V. Mercer
BSc Adel. PhD Cantab. | |
1960–1983 | L. C. Birch[1],[1]
BAgrSc Melb. DSc Adel. FAA FAAAS |
Botany
1913–1927 | A. A. Lawson
DSc Glasgow FRS FRSEd | |
1928–1937 | T. B. G. Osborn
DSc Manc. | |
1938–1946 | Eric Ashby
DSc DIC Lond. ARCS FRS (now Baron Ashby of Brandon) | |
1947–1952 | N. A. Burges
PhD Cantab. MSc FLS | |
1954–1963 | R. L. Crocker[1]
DSc Adel. |