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Creator:
MacCallum, Sir Peter
Date of birth: 14/07/1885
Place of birth: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Date of death: 04/03/1974
Place of death: Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Biography: Peter MacCallum was born in 1885 and was educated at Canterbury University College in New Zealand and Edinburgh University. In 1915 he enlisted with the Royal Army Medical Corp where he served in Belgium and France as Captain. MacCallum returned to Edinburgh in 1919 where he researched and lectured in Pathology. He was appointed Professor of Pathology at the University of Melbourne in 1925, retiring in 1950. He helped to design the Royal Melbourne Hospital and was instrumental in the establishment of the Cancer Institute. MacCallum was also Executive Chairman of the Anti-Cancer Council of Victoria from from 1945 and National Chairman of the Red Cross 1951-1958.
Activities/Occupation: Academics - Pathology
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