Professor Hugh Kingsley Ward

Professor of bacteriology
Born
17 September 1887, Petersham, New South Wales
Died
22 November 1972, Sydney, New South Wales
Sex
Male
Father
Frederick William Ward (newspaper editor)
Mother
Amy Ada Cooke
Brother of Dr Leonard Keith Ward [qv]; married Constance Isabella Brougham Docker [qv]

Degrees

1910Bachelor of MedicineThe University of Sydney

Career

  • Oxon (DPH 1913, DA 1913).
  • FRACP.
  • Rhodes Scholar for NSW 1911.
  • Olympic rower.
  • Med practitioner.
  • Bacteriologist.
  • Bosch Prof of Bacteriology, USyd 1935-52.
  • Member of Interim Council, ANU 1948-51, Member of Council 1951-53.

Military service

  • Captain RAMC British Army (MC 1916, two bars to MC 1917, MID).

Sources

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