Sir Alfred Edward Rowden White (1874-1963) in Australian Imperial Forces uniform
Maker
1. Johnstone, O'Shannessy and Co Limited (estab. 1865, closed 1905)
2. J Eaton & Son
Date
1915-1918
Description
Black and white framed studio portrait of A. E. Rowden White, wearing Australian Imperial Forces uniform and wire-framed spectacles.
Sir Alfred Edward Rowden White (1874-1963) was a medical practitioner who graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1906 and held senior positions in several Melbourne hospitals, and established himself in private practice as a physician. Appointed major in the Australian Army Medical Corps, Australian Imperial Force, White served in France with the 2nd Australian General Hospital from 1917 to 1919, after which he resumed practice in Melbourne. In 1930 he helped to found the Association of Physicians of Australasia and in 1938 its successor, the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
Eventually White became a generous benefactor of medical, cultural and charitable organisations, including the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the Victorian branch of the British Medical Association and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Always a strong supporter of the University of Melbourne, he gave money towards the establishment of a chair of Medicine, and the Rowden White Library in Union House.
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Object detail
labels ▫ embossed label verso: 'J EATON & SON/TOORAK/PICTURE FRAMERS'
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