Famous Alumni
Famous alumni include
- Takaki Kanehiro (1849 - 1920) - Japanese naval doctor, first person to discover the link between beriberi and diet.
- Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939) - Physician, sexual psychologist and social reformer.
- Eric Anson (1892 - 1969) - New Zealand's first specialist anaesthetist.
- Max Theiler (1899 – 1972) - Virologist, awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine for yellow fever.
- Richard Doll (1912 - 2005) - Epidemiologist and physiologist; established link between smoking and cancer.
- Dame Cecily Saunders DBE OM (1918-2005) - Nurse, physician and social worker who developed the concept of the hospice and was a pioneer of palliative care.
- David Owen (b. 1938) - Labour Foreign Secretary and founder of the Social Democratic Party.
- Fiona Wood AM (b. 1958) - Plastic surgeon, Australian of the Year 2005.
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Famous quotes containing the word famous:
“Nelson’s famous signal before the Battle of Trafalgar was not: “England expects that every man will be a hero.” It said: “England expects that every man will do his duty.” In 1805 that was enough. It should still be.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)