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Life Summary

Name	Frederick Colin Courtice
Born	26 March, 1911 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Died	29 February, 1992 (aged 80) St Ives, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	cancer (prostate)
Education *	Woongarra Primary School (Qld) (student, 1916-1922) Bundaberg State High School (Qld) (student, 1923-1928) King's College (University of Queensland) (student, 1929-1929) University of Queensland (student, 1929-1929) University of Sydney (student, 1930-1934) Wesley College (University of Sydney) (student, 1930-1934) Oxford University (student, 1935-1935) London Hospital Medical College (UK) (student, 1936-1936)
Occupation or Descriptor *	medical scientist (1948-1958) New South Wales, Australia pathologist (1948-1958) New South Wales, Australia academic (1958-1976) Australian Capital Territory, Australia medical scientist (1958-1976) Australian Capital Territory, Australia pathologist (1958-1976) Australian Capital Territory, Australia medical scientist (1976-1992) New South Wales, Australia pathologist (1976-1992) New South Wales, Australia
Awards	Nuffield Fellowship (recipient, 1938)
Key Organisations *	Royal Australian College of Surgeons (honorary fellow, 1952-1992) Australian Academy of Science (fellow, 1954-1992) Royal College of Pathologists of Australia (fellow, 1955-1992) Australian Academy of Science (council member, 1964-1966) Australian Academy of Science (vice president, 1965-1966) National Radiation Committee (chair, 1965-1973)
Workplaces *	Kanematsu Memorial Institute of Pathology (director, 1948) Australian National University (JCSMR) (academic, 1958-1976) Australian National University (JCSMR) (director, 1974-1976) University of New South Wales (physiology and pharmacology) (visiting professor, 1977-1992)

* Dates are approximate