The Right Honourable Howard Walter Florey
Baron Florey in the peerage of the United Kingdom (life peerage)
University chancellor
- Born
- 24 September 1898, Malvern, South Australia
- Died
- 21 February 1968, Oxford, England
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- Joseph Florey (boot mfr)
- Mother
- Bertha Mary Wadham
- Married (1) Dr Mary Ethel Hayter Reed [qv]; (2) Margaret Augusta Fremantle (Mrs Jennings)
Degrees
| 1921 | Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery | The University of Adelaide |
| 1944 | Doctor of Medicine | The University of Adelaide |
Career
- Oxon (BA 1924, BSc 1924, MA 1935).
- Cantab (PhD 1927, MA 1928).
- FRS 1941.
- Rhodes Scholar for SA 1921.
- Moved to Eng 1921.
- Prof of Pathology, Oxon.
- Chancellor ANU.
- Knight bachelor 1944, OM 1965, created baron 1965.
- Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945.
Sources
PeopleAustralia: https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/florey-howard-walter-10206
Other Online: https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000415b.htm