Person Woodruff; Sir; Michael Francis Addison (1911 - 2001) Woodruff Michael Francis Addison Sir 1911 - 2001 British Male London, England 03/04/1911 19110403 10/03/2001 20010310

Surgeon Transplant surgery 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 Father was a Professor in Veterinary Pathology; married (1946) Hazel Asby, botanical scientist, of Adelaide; two sons, one daughter Royal Society roles: Council: 1977-1979; VP 1978-1979 Fellow 21/03/1968 56 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 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 3 Apr 1911 - 10 Mar 2001 NA8097 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes da186f55-dc03-4fb2-997d-7173388aa31d