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Alan William Greenwood

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graduating BSc in Chemistry and Biology in 1920. He continued as a postgraduate, gaining an MSc in 1923 then travelling to Scotland to study for a PhD at the
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He married twice: firstly to Vera Crockett in 1923; secondly to Josephine Peace (1907–2001). He had no children by either marriage.
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He gained his PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1925, and in 1931 received a further honorary DSc from the
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Members of the Second International Congress on Sex Hormones, July 1935 (Greenwood centre in a pale suit)
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Greenwood served in the Camel Field Ambulance (part of the Australian Imperial Forces) in
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology: Bibliographic Service 1936
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The grave of Alan William Greenwood, Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh
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In the New Years Honours list on 1 January 1955 he was made a
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he served as acting director while the former director,
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for his contributions to the study of the biology of
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CBE
FRSE
Black and white portrait photography of Alan William Greenwood
Melbourne
Edinburgh
Australian
University of Melbourne
University of Edinburgh
zoologist
geneticist


CBE
FRSE
Dolly the Sheep
Poultry Research Centre
Melbourne
Wesley College
Melbourne University
University of Edinburgh
James Cossar Ewart
Janet Scott Salmon Blyth
John Michael Robson
University of Melbourne
Sanford Sterling Munro
Royal Society of Edinburgh
James Hartley Ashworth
James Cossar Ewart
Sir Robert Blyth Greig
Keith Medal

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