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Creator:
Sunderland, Sir Sydney
Date of birth: 1906
Date of death: 1993
Biography: A graduate of the University of Melbourne, Sunderland was appointed Senior Lecturer of Human Anatomy in 1936 while holding the position of Honorary Assistant Neurologist and Neurosurgeon at the Alfred Hospital. At the end of 1937 he became Demonstrator in Human Anatomy at the University of Oxford, where he continued his research in neuroanatomy. In July 1938 he was appointed Professor of Anatomy at Melbourne. From 1940-1945 he was in charge of a Peripheral Nerve Injury Unit at the A.G.M.H. at Heidelberg. He was Dean of Medicine from 1953 until 1971, and Professor of Experimental Neurology from 1961 until he retired in 1975.
Activities/Occupation: Academics - Medicine, Academics - Anthropology
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