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Lawrence, Gordon Ord (1896 - 1960)

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Dentist
Born: 11 November 1896  Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia.  Died: 6 August 1960  North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
Gordon Ord Lawrence began his dental training in Western Australia where he apprenticed to James Alexander Wright for eighteen months. He had a short stint with the Australian Imperial Force then moved to Melbourne where he completed a Bachelor of Dentistry (1922). Three years later he was appointed dental house surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital and from 1930 was their honorary dental surgeon. Lawrence also worked in private practice and taught at the University of Adelaide. He invented the Lawrence Matrix instrument which received world acclaim for its advancement of the restoration of compound cavities.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1916 - 1917Private then Staff Sergeant in the Dental Corps of the Australian Imperial Force, Australia
1919 - 1922Bachelor of Dental Science (BDSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1925Registered with the Dental Board of South Australia
1925 - 1927Dental House Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital
1927 - c. 1937Private practice in Largs Bay, South Australia
1930 - Honorary Dental Surgeon at the Adelaide Hospital
1936 - Instructor in Prosthetic Dentistry at the University of Adelaide
1937 - ?Private practice at Semaphore, South Australia
1945Doctorate of Dental Science received from the University of Adelaide

 

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Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 13 July 2005

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