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'''Sir Brian Wellingham Windeyer''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|sep=,|KBE|FRCS}} (7 February 1904 – 26 October 1994) was Professor of [[Therapeutic]] [[Radiology]] at the [[Middlesex Hospital#Middlesex Hospital Medical School|Middlesex Hospital Medical School]], [[University of London]], from 1942 to 1969, Dean of school from 1954 to 1967 and [[Vice-Chancellor]] of the University of London from 1969 to 1972.<ref name = "NatLibAus">[http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/1015032?c=people National Library of Australia, accessed 23 March 2013]</ref><ref name = "EncyAusSci">{{Cite web |url=http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002769b.htm |title=Encyclopaedia of Australian Science: Rosanne Walker, 30 June 1997, modified 4 February 2010, accessed 23 March 2013 |access-date=23 March 2013 |archive-date=22 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140122025731/http://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002769b.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Early life and education== |
==Early life and education== |
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Windeyer was born in [[Turramurra]]<ref name = "JRFoundation">{{Cite web |url=http://www.juanadelregatofoundation.org/publications/BiographiesHistoryObituariesEnglish/Radiological_Oncologists/Chapter%2018.pdf |title=Juan del Regato Foundation ''Radiological Oncologists'' c.1986 accessed 23 September 2013 |access-date=23 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104407/http://www.juanadelregatofoundation.org/publications/BiographiesHistoryObituariesEnglish/Radiological_Oncologists/Chapter%2018.pdf |archive-date=2 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> near [[Sydney]], [[Australia]], to parents of British, and earlier [[Switzerland|Swiss]] origin. He was the youngest of seven children of Mabel Fuller Robinson (1864–1956), an orphan emigrant from London to Australia at the age of 18. In 1891 she married [[Richard Windeyer (barrister)|Richard Windeyer]] [[King's Counsel|KC]] (1864–1957), a [[barrister]]. His grandfather was [[William Charles Windeyer|Sir William Charles Windeyer]].<ref name = "JRFoundation"/> |
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| ⚫ | He attended [[Sydney Church of England Grammar School]] and then studied medicine at the [[University of Sydney]] obtaining [[MBBS]] in 1927.<ref name = "New Sci">[https://books.google.com/books?id=ajFGeY0xuncC&dq=brian+windeyer&pg=PA720 New Scientist on Google Books, 21 September 1961, accessed 23 March 2013]</ref><ref name = "EncyAusSci"/> |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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After time at [[Royal Prince Alfred Hospital]], Sydney, he worked at the [[Curie Institute (Paris)|Fondation Curie]] in [[Paris]] from 1929 |
After time at [[Royal Prince Alfred Hospital]], Sydney, he worked at the [[Curie Institute (Paris)|Fondation Curie]] in [[Paris]] from 1929 to 1930.<ref name="OxBrookesU">[http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/speccoll/medical/synopses/windeyer.html Oxford Brookes University: Sir Brian Windeyer in interview with Sir Gordon Wolstenholme, Oxford, 17 March 1986, accessed 23 March 2013] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405040537/http://www.brookes.ac.uk/library/speccoll/medical/synopses/windeyer.html |date=April 5, 2013 }}</ref> He obtained a Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology 1933 at [[Cambridge University]].<ref name = "EncyAusSci"/> He also obtained [[FRCS]] at the [[University of Edinburgh]]. In 1931 he became [[radium]] officer at the Middlesex Hospital and officer in charge of the [[Edward William Meyerstein|Meyerstein Institute of Radiotherapy]] formed in 1936. This was at a time when radium and x-ray treatment were carried out by different clinical teams.<ref name = "UCL"/> In World War II he was director in the emergency medical service of [[Mount Vernon Hospital]] in [[Northwood, London|Northwood, Middlesex]]. In 1942 he became the first professor of therapeutic radiology at the Middlesex.<ref name = "OxBrookesU"/> He helped found and became President of the [[Faculty of Radiologists]] (1949–52).<ref name = "UCL"/><ref name="RCR">[http://www.rcr.ac.uk/docs/about/pdf/Past%20Officers%20of%20Predecessor%20Bodies%201934-1975.pdf Royal College of Radiologists, list of past presidents, accessed 23 March 2013]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |
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[[Faculty of Radiologists]] (1949-52).<ref name = "UCL"/><ref name = "RCR">[http://www.rcr.ac.uk/docs/about/pdf/Past%20Officers%20of%20Predecessor%20Bodies%201934-1975.pdf Royal College of Radiologists, list of past presidents, accessed 23 March 2013]</ref> |
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==Personal life== |
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He was married twice, first on 21 March 1928 to Joyce Ziele Russell (1903–1981). They had a son Michael (1933–) and daughter Joanne (1936–). He married second, in January 1948, Elspeth Anne Bowery and had three children, Francis (1949–), Kyla (1954–), and Elspeth (1957–).<ref name = "New Sci"/><ref name = "JRFoundation"/> |
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| ⚫ | He was knighted ([[Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|KBE]]) in 1961.<ref name = "EncyAusSci"/> The Windeyer building, now the Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, of [[University College London]] with which the Middlesex Medical School merged, was named after him.<ref name = "UCL">{{Cite web |url=http://www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed/outreach/Windeyer_project/Windeyer_booklet_download |title=Windeyer - history of a building, accessed 23 March 2013 |access-date=23 March 2013 |archive-date=3 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223437/http://www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed/outreach/Windeyer_project/Windeyer_booklet_download |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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* [[List of vice-chancellors of the University of London]] |
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* [[Radiation therapy]] |
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* [[History of radiation therapy]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:13, 17 August 2024
Sir Brian Wellingham Windeyer KBE, FRCS (7 February 1904 – 26 October 1994) was Professor of Therapeutic Radiology at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London, from 1942 to 1969, Dean of school from 1954 to 1967 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 1969 to 1972.[1][2]
Early life and education
[edit]Windeyer was born in Turramurra[3] near Sydney, Australia, to parents of British, and earlier Swiss origin. He was the youngest of seven children of Mabel Fuller Robinson (1864–1956), an orphan emigrant from London to Australia at the age of 18. In 1891 she married Richard Windeyer KC (1864–1957), a barrister. His grandfather was Sir William Charles Windeyer.[3]
He attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School and then studied medicine at the University of Sydney obtaining MBBS in 1927.[4][2]
Career
[edit]After time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, he worked at the Fondation Curie in Paris from 1929 to 1930.[5] He obtained a Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology 1933 at Cambridge University.[2] He also obtained FRCS at the University of Edinburgh. In 1931 he became radium officer at the Middlesex Hospital and officer in charge of the Meyerstein Institute of Radiotherapy formed in 1936. This was at a time when radium and x-ray treatment were carried out by different clinical teams.[6] In World War II he was director in the emergency medical service of Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood, Middlesex. In 1942 he became the first professor of therapeutic radiology at the Middlesex.[5] He helped found and became President of the Faculty of Radiologists (1949–52).[6][7]
Personal life
[edit]He was married twice, first on 21 March 1928 to Joyce Ziele Russell (1903–1981). They had a son Michael (1933–) and daughter Joanne (1936–). He married second, in January 1948, Elspeth Anne Bowery and had three children, Francis (1949–), Kyla (1954–), and Elspeth (1957–).[4][3]
He was knighted (KBE) in 1961.[2] The Windeyer building, now the Windeyer Institute of Medical Sciences, of University College London with which the Middlesex Medical School merged, was named after him.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ National Library of Australia, accessed 23 March 2013
- ^ a b c d "Encyclopaedia of Australian Science: Rosanne Walker, 30 June 1997, modified 4 February 2010, accessed 23 March 2013". Archived from the original on 22 January 2014. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "Juan del Regato Foundation Radiological Oncologists c.1986 accessed 23 September 2013" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ a b New Scientist on Google Books, 21 September 1961, accessed 23 March 2013
- ^ a b Oxford Brookes University: Sir Brian Windeyer in interview with Sir Gordon Wolstenholme, Oxford, 17 March 1986, accessed 23 March 2013 Archived April 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b c "Windeyer - history of a building, accessed 23 March 2013". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 23 March 2013.
- ^ Royal College of Radiologists, list of past presidents, accessed 23 March 2013[permanent dead link]
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