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The stained glass window commemorates William Hancock, pioneer radiologist and former member of the University Senate.
Röntgen's discovery of X-rays was published in 1895. Hancock obtained the apparatus from London and demonstrated its use in Perth in August 1896. The Perth Public Hospital allocated him a small room and appointed him honorary radiographer in 1898. For the next twenty-two years he worked as an engineer by day and contributed his services and equipment, valued at £500, to public patients on several afternoons and evenings each week: it is estimated that he handled over 30,000 exposures.
From 1915 to 1927 he was a member of the Senate of the University of Western Australia which conferred on him an honorary doctorate of science in 1924. A member of many scientific, engineering and radiological societies, he had advocated the use of solar energy in Australia in 1917.
Hancock WindowLocation
| Address: | Stirling Highway, University of WA, Winthrop Hall, Crawley, 6009 |
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| State: | WA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -31.975894 Long: 115.818042 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Window |
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| Monument Theme: | People |
| Sub-Theme: | Science |
| Link: | http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/adbonli… |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1934 |
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In honour of William John Hancock, Doctor of Science, pioneer in radiology in Western Australia, 1864-1931.
