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Revision as of 12:43, 23 March 2013
Professor Sir Brian Wellington Windeyer (7 February 1904-26 October 1994) was Professor of Therapeutic Radiology at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, University of London from 1942-69, Dean of school from 1954-67 and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London from 1969-72.[1][2]
Early life and education
He was born near Sydney, Australia to parents of British origin and attended Sydney Church of England Grammar School. He then read for a degree in medicine at the University of Sydney obtaining MBBS in 1927.[3][2]
Career
After time at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, he worked at the Fondation Curie in Paris from 1929-30.[4] He obtained a Diploma in Medical Radiology and Electrology 1933 at Cambridge University.[2] He also obtained FRCS at Edinburgh University. 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.[5] In World War II he was director in the emergency medical service of Mount Vernon Hospital in Northwood. In 1942 he became the first professor of therapeutic radiology at the Middlesex.[4]
Personal life
He was married twice and had a son and two daughters from his second marriage.[3] He was knighted (KBE) in 1961.[2] The Windeyer building of University College London with with the Middlesex Medical School merged was name after him.[5]
See also
References
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Windeyer - history of a building, accessed 23 March 2013