Sir Constantine Trent Champion de Crespigny
Preferred forename Trent
Medical practitioner
- Born
- 5 March 1882, Queenscliff, Victoria
- Died
- 27 October 1952, Adelaide, South Australia
- Sex
- Male
- Father
- Philip Champion de Crespigny (Gen Mgr, Bank of Vic)
- Mother
- Annie Frances Chauney (daughter of Philip La Mothe Snell Chauney)
- Married Beatrix Hughes; father of Margaret Champion de Crespigny [qv], Nancy Champion de Crespigny [qv] and Richard Geoffrey Champion de Crespigny [qv]
Degrees
| 1903 | Bachelor of Medicine | The University of Melbourne |
| 1904 | Bachelor of Surgery | The University of Melbourne |
| 1906 | Doctor of Medicine | The University of Melbourne |
| 1913 | Doctor of Medicine (ad eundum gradum) | The University of Adelaide |
Career
- MRCP Lond 1919, FRCP Lond 1929, FRACP 1938.
- Med practitioner (regd Vic 8 Dec 1903.
- regd SA 11 Aug 1909).
- Physician and pathologist.
- Dean of Medicine, UAdel.
- Knight bachelor 1941.
Military service
- First World War: Lieutenant-Colonel 1st AIF (DSO 1917, MID). Second World War: Colonel AAMC AMF.
Sources
Other Online: https://www.racp.edu.au/about/college-roll/college-roll-bio/champion-de-crespigny-i-sir-i-constantine-trent
Other:
- Henderson (EPF), UMA, Leask p101, DVA, Vic Med Reg 1946, SA Med Reg 1946.
Notes
Descended from Claude Champion de Crespigny, Vicomte de Vire and subsequently Colonel in the British Army, who crossed from France to Eng in 1684 after revocation of the Edict of Nantes.