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Mankin, Winifred Roby (1902 - 1972)

Biochemist and Surgeon

Born: 10 April 1902 England. Died: 21 September 1972 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Winifred Roby Mankin initially trained and worked as a research scientist, before turning to medicine. After completing his medical and surgery degrees, Mankin was appointed Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (1939-1947) and then becamean Assistant Ophthalmological Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for close to twenty years.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1925 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1925 - 1932 Assistant Biochemist at the Cancer Research Commission at the University of Sydney
1929 Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
1933 - 1935 Physiology Demonstrator at the University of Sydney
1939 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
1939 - 1947 Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney
1947 - 1962 Assistant Surgeon of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
1962 - 1972 Reserve Honorary Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital?

Online Sources

'Mankin, Winifred Roby', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001740p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 29 January 2007

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