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The forgotten successes and sacrifices of Charles Kellaway, director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1923–1944
Author(s) -
Hobbins Peter G,
Winkel Kenneth D
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2007.tb01457.x
Subject(s) - reputation , first world war , world war ii , depression (economics) , great depression , management , town hall , political science , history , medicine , art history , law , ancient history , macroeconomics , local government , economics
Charles Halliley Kellaway (1889–1952) was one of the first Australians to make a full‐time career of medical research. He built his scientific reputation on studies of snake venoms and anaphylaxis. Under Kellaway's directorship, the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute gained worldwide acclaim, and he played a critical role in its success between the world wars. His administrative and financial strategies in the era before the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) helped local medical research weather the Depression and gain a strong foothold by World War II.