Dawson, William Siegfried

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M.A., M.D., B.Ch. (Oxon.), F.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., F.R.A.C.P., D.P.M., Professor of Psychiatry, 1927 : Captain, R.A.M.C., East Africa. Enlisting at Aldershot in 1914 and again in 1916, served in East African Expeditionary Force from September till demobilisation, at 14th Casualty Clearing Station, 15th Stationary and 84th General Hospitals. Rockefeller Fellow, 1925-26.

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1891

Birth in Skipton --, England 27 April 1891
1891

Birth 27 Apr 1891 at Skipton [ England ]
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Early education at Dulwich College Lower School, Westminster, London, England
1914

Tertiary education at Oxford University, Oxford, England 11 July 1914
1914

Enlisted 1914 at Aldershot [ England ]
1916

Tertiary education at Trinity College Oxford, Oxford University, England 8 July 1916
1916

Military service as Captain at East Africa ; Egypt --, Egypt 1916
1916

Enlisted 1916 at Aldershot [ England ]
1918

Tertiary education at Trinity College Oxford, Oxford University, England 2 May 1918
1920

Medical Practitioner at London --, England 1920
1921

Tertiary education at Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland 1921
1921

Lecturer at Bloomsbury -- London, United Kingdom 1921
1923

Tertiary education at Trinity College Oxford, Oxford University, England 17 February 1923
1925

Visited 1925 at Johns Hopkins University [ Baltimore, Maryland USA ]
1927

Professor of Psychiatry at Camperdown -University of Sydney- NSW, Australia 1927
1935

Lecturer in Psychiatry at Camperdown -- VIC, Australia 1935
1937

Chair of Psychiatry at Camperdown -- Sydney, NSW, Australia 1937
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McGeorge, John Alexander
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Senior Assistant at Camberwell -- London, United Kingdom
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Member of Royal College of Physicians
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Member of Royal Australasian College of Physicians
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Member of Australasian Association of Psychiatrists
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Member of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.
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William Siegfried Dawson A Pioneering Australian Psychiatrist [ pdf ]
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Dawson WS. Medical education in psychiatry in Australia. Med J Aust 1926; 2: 721–730 [ pdf ]
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19261207 SMH p. 10 [ pdf ]
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19290906 Sun p. 13 [ pdf ]
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19321025 Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder p. 6 [ pdf ]
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19321027 Lithgow Mercury p. 4 [ pdf ]
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19321028 Muswellbrook Chronicle p. 4 [ pdf ]
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19370522 SMH p. 17 [ pdf ]
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19390930 Smiths Weekly p. 12 [ pdf ]
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19480611 Courier Mail p. 3 [ pdf ]
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19490504 SMH p. 3 [ pdf ]
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19500601 Courier Mail p. 5 [ pdf ]
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Dawson, W. S., Prevention of War Neuroses 1941 [ pdf ]
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Dawson, W. S., The Induction of Premature Labor in Mental Disorders 1930 [ pdf ]
1975

Death in Oxford --, England 13 March 1975

Gender

Male

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