Sir Sydney Sunderland CMG (1910–1993) was an eminent Australian scientist in the field of medicine, and was a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He was educated at

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and

Brisbane State High School , motto_translation = Knowledge is Power , city = South Brisbane , state = Queensland , country = Australia , coordinates = , type = Public, selective, co-educational, secondary, ...

, and the

University of Queensland , mottoeng = By means of knowledge and hard work , established = , endowment = A$224.3 million , budget = A$2.1 billion , type = Public research university , chancellor = Peter Varghese , vice_chancellor = Deborah Terry , city = B ...

. He was Dean of Medicine at the

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Personal life

Sir Sydney Sunderland was the son of

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administrator and journalist

Harry Sunderland Harry Sunderland (23 November 1889 – 15 January 1964) was an Australian rugby league football administrator and journalist. Sunderland was born in Gympie, Queensland in 1889. From 1913 to 1922, Sunderland was the Queensland Rugby League's ...

Honours

Sunderland was appointed a Companion of the

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in 1961. He was knighted in 1971.It's an Honour: Knight Bachelor
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References

Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science 1910 births 1993 deaths Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Australian Knights Bachelor {{Australia-med-bio-stub