Portrait of Professor H B Allen (1854 – 1926)
Maker
Johnstone, O'Shannessy and Co Limited (estab. 1865, closed 1905)
Date
1885
Description
Mounted sepia portrait in studio setting.
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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Object detail
item 2: (not stated);
item 3: 91.5 x 61 x 1.0 cm
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