Arthur Mitchell Wilson (24 August 1888 – 19 December 1947)
DSO was a gynaecologist and obstetrician and an
Australian rules football
Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...
er who played for the
University Football Club
Melbourne University Football Club, often known simply as University, is an Australian rules football club based at the University of Melbourne. The club fields two teams, known as the "Blacks" and "Blues", who both compete in the Victorian Amat ...
in the
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...
(VFL).
He was a foundation fellow of the
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is a professional association based in London, United Kingdom. Its members, including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, that is ...
.
[Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG). (2014]
RCOG Roll of Active Service, 1914-1918.
ondon: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. p. 15.
The Arthur Wilson Memorial Scholarship was established in 1987 with funds from the Arthur Wilson Memorial Foundation. The Foundation had been created in 1951 after a public appeal was launched to perpetuate the memory of Arthur Wilson, an outstanding gynaecologist and obstetrician. The Foundation raised funds for the Arthur Wilson Memorial Wing (1954) to be built as an extension to the south side of the
Royal Society of Victoria
The Royal Society of Victoria (RSV) is the oldest scientific society in the state of Victoria in Australia.
Foundation
In 1854 two organisations formed with similar aims and membership, these being ''The Philosophical Society of Victoria'' (fou ...
's Hall (1859) at 8 La Trobe St, Melbourne to house the
Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
His son
Mac played league football for Melbourne in the 1940s.
Sources
* https://web.archive.org/web/20091024124232/http://www.ranzcog.edu.au/research/arthurwilson.shtml
External links
Australian Dictionary of Biography
1888 births
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
University Football Club players
1947 deaths
People educated at Scotch College, Melbourne
Australian military personnel of World War I
Australian gynaecologists
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