Academic gown and bonnet

Maker
Raymond W. Bredin
Date
Circa 1960
 Description
This academic gown and bonnet formerly belonged to Professor Alan Grant, a University of Melbourne Dental graduate who qualified BDS (Melb) and DDSc and achieved international recognition for his research. Professor Grant made valuable contributions in the field of dental materials, particularly acrylic resins. He was a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne and then invited to take up the Chair in Dental Prosthetics at the University of Manchester.

Object detail

Maker
Date
Circa 1960
Medium
wool, silk, cotton, velvet
Measurements
135.5 x 57.0 cm (gown)
32.3 x 35.9 x 17.5 cm (bonnet)
Accession Number
HFA3216
Credit Line
Gift of Professor Alan Grant, 2012
Object Type
clothing
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum Category
History
Museum
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum

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