| Authorised form of name | Woodruff; Sir; Michael Francis Addison (1911 - 2001) |
| Dates | 1911 - 2001 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | London, England |
| Date of birth | 03/04/1911 |
| Date of death | 10/03/2001 |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Research field | Transplant surgery |
| Activity | Education:
Wesley College, Melbourne; Melbourne University (1932, 1st class, Engineering), (1937, 1st class, Medicine), MD (1940); Master of Surgery (1941); DSc (1962, Melbourne)
Career:
Family moved to Australia (1913); joined Royal Australian Medical Corps (1941); served in Malaya; Japanese prisoner of war (1942-1945); moved to England (1946); Tutor in Surgery, Sheffield University (1946); Senior Lecturer, Aberdeen University and Consultant Surgeon, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (?1948); staff, World Health Organisation (1949); moved to New Zealand ; Professor of Surgery, University of Otago (1952); Professor of Surgery, Edinburgh Unviersity and Consultant Surgeon, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (1957-1976); researched immunological aspects of transplantation; performed the first organ transplant operation in Britain (October 1960); responsible for design, and first Director (to 1973), of the Nuffield Transplantation Surgey Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh (1968); researched cancer immunology (after retirement)
Honours:
Kt 1969
Memberships:
Hon RSNZ (1970); FRCS; International Transplantation Society (President 1969); FRCS Edinburgh |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 21/03/1968 |
| Age at election | 56 |
| RSActivity | Royal Society roles:
Council: 1977-1979; VP 1978-1979 |
| Relationships | Father was a Professor in Veterinary Pathology; married (1946) Hazel Asby, botanical scientist, of Adelaide; two sons, one daughter |
| Source | Sources:
Obituaries: Daily Telegraph 15 March 2001; Guardian 16 March 2001
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 2005 vol 51 pp 455-471, plate, by Sir Peter Morris SC FRCS FRS
References:
Robin J H Clark and Michael J Kelly, 'New Zealand, New Zealanders and the Royal Society' in NR 1994 vol 48 pp 263-281 |
| Code | NA8097 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/GA/GRS/5177 | Woodruff, Sir Michael Francis Addison | nd |
| RR/72/276 | Referee's report by Percival Hartley, on a paper 'The transplantation of normal tissues: with special reference to auto- and homotransplants of thyroid and spleen in the anterior chamber of the eye, and subcutaneously, in guinea-pigs' by Michael Francis Addison Woodruff and Hazel G Woodruff | 1949 |
| WF/87 | Grant application from University of Cambridge to the Wolfson Foundation | 1964-1965 |
| RR/72/277 | Letter from Percival Hartley, on a paper 'The transplantation of normal tissues: with special reference to auto- and homotransplants of thyroid and spleen in the anterior chamber of the eye, and subcutaneously, in guinea-pigs' by Michael Francis Addison Woodruff and Hazel G Woodruff to David Brunt | 25 September 1949 |
| RR/72/279 | Letter from Peter Brian Medawar, on a paper 'The transplantation of normal tissues: with special reference to auto- and homotransplants of thyroid and spleen in the anterior chamber of the eye, and subcutaneously, in guinea-pigs' by Michael Francis Addison Woodruff and Hazel G Woodruff to Edward James Salisbury | 2 January 1950 |
| EC/1968/32 | Woodruff, Michael Francis Addison: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| RR/72/274 | Referee's report by Solly Zuckerman, on a paper 'The transplantation of normal tissues: with special reference to auto- and homotransplants of thyroid and spleen in the anterior chamber of the eye, and subcutaneously, in guinea-pigs' by Michael Francis Addison Woodruff and Hazel G Woodruff | 1949 |
| RR/72/275 | Letter from Solly Zuckerman, on a paper 'The transplantation of normal tissues: with special reference to auto- and homotransplants of thyroid and spleen in the anterior chamber of the eye, and subcutaneously, in guinea-pigs' by Michael Francis Addison Woodruff and Hazel G Woodruff to David Brunt | 4 October 1949 |