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Authorised form of nameBishop; Peter Orlebar (1917 - 2012)
Dates1917 - 2012
NationalityAustralian
Place of birthTamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Date of birth14/06/1917
Date of death03/06/2012
ActivityEducation:
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)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/03/1977
Age at election59
RelationshipsSon of Ernest J H Bishop and Mildred A H Vidal; married (20 February 1942) Hilare Louise; one son, two daughters
SourceSources:
WWA1998
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/231798018
CodeNA4309
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1977/07Bishop, Peter Orlebar: certificate of election to the Royal Society1970
IM/000387Bishop, Peter Orlebarc 1977
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