Portrait of William Henry Voils Preston (1868-1941)

Date
Circa 1910
 Description
Black and white photograph of William Henry Voils Preston (1868-1941). William Preston was administrative assistant to Richard Berry and Frederic Wood Jones. He had arrived in Melbourne around 1887 and became a surgeon's dresser at the Melbourne Hospital, then dresser to Thomas Ftizgerald. In 1893 he became Harry Brookes Allen's laboratory assistant in Pathology, moving to Richard Berry's new department in 1906. Greatly admired by the students and staff, he became the face of the department and filled many roles. Ross L J Jones, Humanity's Mirror, p. 191-192.
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Object detail

Date
Circa 1910
Medium
photograph, cardboard, paper, pencil
Measurements
34.0 x 24.5 cm
Accession Number
MHM00402
Inscriptions
inscriptions ▫ on mount, verso: 'W.H. PRESTON/William Henry Voils Preston/b1868 at Gillingham Kent/d.1941/Doyen of senior technicians/in the Medical School' ▫ 0 - Whole
Object Type
photographic medium/photograph
Medical History Museum Category
Photography, Sound and Film
Museum
Medical History Museum

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