Professor Rupert Allan Willis

Professor of medicine
Born
24 December 1898, Yarram, Victoria
Died
26 March 1980, Birkenhead (Cheshire), England
Sex
Male
Father
Benjamin James Willis (bank mgr)
Mother
Mary Elizabeth Giles James
Brother of Dr James Hamlyn Willis [qv]

Degrees

1922Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of SurgeryThe University of Melbourne
1929Doctor of MedicineThe University of Melbourne
1932Doctor of ScienceThe University of Melbourne

Career

  • Several hon doctorates.
  • FRCP Lond 1942, FRCS Eng 1961, FRACP 1961.
  • Pathologist.
  • Collins Prof of Human and Comparative Pathology, Royal College of Surgeons, Eng 1945-48.
  • Prof of Pathology, ULeeds 1950-55.
  • Macfarlane Prof of Experimental Med, UGlas 1963-64.

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