Notification to Harry Brookes Allen (1854-1926) of appointment to the position of Demonstrator of Morbid Anatomy
Maker
1. James Williams
2. Melbourne Hospital (estab. 1841, closed 1935)
Date
1876
Description
Letter in manuscript to Dr Harry Brookes Allen (1854-1926) from James Williams, Secretary to the Melbourne Hospital, notifying Allen of his successful application for the position of Demonstrator of Morbid Anatomy, dated 26th September 1876. Inscribed on Melbourne Hospital letterhead.
Harry Brookes Allen (1854–1926) became the first Australian-born professor at the University of Melbourne in 1882, when a reform of the Medical School split the foundation chair of anatomy, pathology and physiology into two, with Allen being appointed professor of anatomy and pathology, and his teacher, the foundation professor George Britton Halford (1824-1910) retaining his first love, physiology. As well as serving as dean for extensive periods, Allen took on numerous positions as a medical administrator and government advisor, perhaps most importantly playing a major part in the introduction of Melbourne’s extensive sewerage system in the late nineteenth century.
Dr Ross L Jones
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