| Authorised form of name | Bishop; Peter Orlebar (1917 - 2012) |
| Dates | 1917 - 2012 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Place of birth | Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia |
| Date of birth | 14/06/1917 |
| Date of death | 03/06/2012 |
| Activity | Education:
Armidale High School; Barker College; University of Sydney
Career:
RMO and Neurological Registrar (1941-1942); Surgeon Lieutenant, RANR (1942-1946); Clinical Assistant in Neurosurgery, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney (1946); Fellow (University of Sydney), at National Hospital, Queen Square and University College Hospital, London (1946-1950); Senior Lecturer (1951-1954), Reader (1954-1955), Professor of Physiology (1955-1967), University of Sydney; Professor of Physiology, John Curtin School of Medical Research (1967-1982); Professor Emeritus, Australian National University (1983); Visiting Professor, University of Zurich, Switzerland (1985); Fellow, St John's College, Cambridge (1986); Honorary Research Associate, Department of Anatomy and Histology, University of Sydney (1987)
Memberships:
Physiological Society (1955)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 17/03/1977 |
| Age at election | 59 |
| Relationships | Son of Ernest J H Bishop and Mildred A H Vidal; married (20 February 1942) Hilare Louise; one son, two daughters |
| Source | Sources:
WWA1998 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/231798018 |
| Code | NA4309 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1977/07 | Bishop, Peter Orlebar: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 1970 |
| IM/000387 | Bishop, Peter Orlebar | c 1977 |
| RR/78/55 | Referee's report by George Lindor Brown, on a paper 'Synaptic transmission. An analysis of the electrical activity of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the cat following optic nerve stimulation' by Peter Orlebar Bishop | 5 August 1952 |
| RR/78/60 | Letter from George Lindor Brown, on a paper 'Synaptic transmission. An analysis of the electrical activity of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the cat following optic nerve stimulation' by Peter Orlebar Bishop, to D C Martin | 10 February 1953 |
| RR/78/56 | Referee's report by Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, on a paper 'Synaptic transmission. An analysis of the electrical activity of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the cat following optic nerve stimulation' by Peter Orlebar Bishop | 30 September 1952 |
| RR/78/57 | Letter from D C Martin, on a paper 'Synaptic transmission. An analysis of the electrical activity of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the cat following optic nerve stimulation' by Peter Orlebar Bishop, to Alan Lloyd Hodgkin | 16 January 1953 |
| RR/78/58 | Letter from Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, on a paper 'Synaptic transmission. An analysis of the electrical activity of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the cat following optic nerve stimulation' by Peter Orlebar Bishop, to D C Martin | 22 January 1953 |
| RR/78/59 | Letter from D C Martin, on a paper 'Synaptic transmission. An analysis of the electrical activity of the lateral geniculate nucleus in the cat following optic nerve stimulation' by Peter Orlebar Bishop, to George Lindor Brown | 23 January 1953 |