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Authorised form of nameMetcalf; Donald (1929 - 2015)
Dates1929 - 2015
NationalityAustralian
Place of birthMittagong, New South Wales, Australia
Date of birth26/02/1929
Date of death15/12/2014
Research fieldMedical research
ActivityEducation:
Schools in New South Wales; Sydney University
Career:
Worked at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney; at the Harvard Medical School; Head, Cancer Research Unit and Assistant Director, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research, Melbourne (1965-1996); Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, Cambridge University (1981); Research Professor of Cancer Biology, Melbourne University (1986); Dunahm Lecturer, Harvard Medical School (1987); Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne (1996)
Memberships:
FAA
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1983
Age at election54
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1995
Lectures:
Wellcome Foundation 1986 (jointly); Florey 1991
RelationshipsSon of D D Metcalf; married (14 August 1954) Josephine Lentaigne
SourceSources:
AE; WWA1998
References:
'Address of the President, Sir Michael Atiyah, OM, Given at the Anniversary Meeting on 30 November 1995' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 101-113
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/22201569
CodeNA1354
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1983/23Metcalf, Donald: certificate of election to the Royal Society1982
IM/003078Metcalf, Donald5 November 1986
IM/004840Wellcome Foundation Prize 19865 November 1986
IM/003076Metcalf, Donaldnd
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