The Card': Professor William John Young (1878-1942)

Maker
Julian Augustus Romaine Smith (b.1873, d.1947)
Date
Unknown
Description
Black and white portrait photograph of W.J. Young entitled, 'The Card', by Julian Smith.

History of Object

William Young was the foundation Professor of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne 1938-1942. He joined the University in 1920 under W.A. Osborne after working as biochemist at the Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine, Townsville from 1913. From 1926 to 1928 Young was seconded to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research to establish laboratory and field studies into the biochemical problems of the cold storage of food 1926-1928. He devised the methods still used in the marketing of ripening bananas.
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Object detail

Maker

Julian Augustus Romaine Smith (b.1873, d.1947)

Date

Unknown

Medium

photograph, mounted

Measurements

60 x 45 x 3 cm

Accession Number

MHM01968

Credit line

gift of Dr Vera Krieger, 1984

Object Type

photographic medium/photograph

Medical History Museum Category

Photography, Sound and Film

Museum

Medical History Museum

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