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light. Halliburton's first laboratory was improvised in a disused corridor, but nonetheless became the meeting place of the keenest minds in the infant science of biochemistry. His early research centered on the proteins making up muscle and blood, leading to his election as a
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in 1889. Over the period of 34 years at King's College he was deeply involved in its administration and was dean of the Faculty of Medical Science for many years. In 1923 his chronic ill-health obliged him to resign from the chair and accept the sinecure of Emeritus Professor.
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Halliburton's name was a celebrated one in the field of medical literature. His writings were detailed and lucid, resulting in textbooks which were valued by students all over the world. The first of these was his
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and an indispensable reference work for legions of medical students. It became popular enough for an American publisher to flout copyright laws and to publish and sell unauthorised editions.
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During his tenure at King's College, he assembled a research team, many of whom later became distinguished clinicians, including such figures as
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William was one of four children (three sisters) born to Thomas Gill Halliburton and Mary Strachan Homan of
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published in 1891, in which he assembled all knowledge of the subject at the time. He rewrote
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completely in 1896 so that it subsequently, through its numerous editions, became known as
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in 1883 he was appointed Assistant in Physiology at the University College under Sir
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In early 1903 he gave a series of eight lectures in London. A little later
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a year later and his Fellowship in 1892. Halliburton succeeded
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in 1891. Together with Walter Ernest Dixon he studied
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Index

W.D. Halliburton


Highgate Cemetery
FRS
Middlesex
Exeter
biochemistry
Middlesex
University College School
University College London
BSc
MRCS
Edward Sharpey-Schafer
MD
Royal College of Physicians
Gerald Francis Yeo
King's College London
Thomas Gregor Brodie
Charles James Martin
Frederick Walker Mott
Walter Ernest Dixon
cholesterol
ergosterol
Vitamin D
ultraviolet
Fellow of the Royal Society
cerebral circulation
cerebrospinal fluid
Biochemical Society

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