RUBBO, SYDNEY DATTILO (1911-1969), professor of microbiology, was born on 11
September 1911 in Sydney, elder son of Antonio Salvatore Dattilo-Rubbo, an
Italian-born artist, and his wife, Mildred Russell, née Jobson, who was born in
New South Wales. Educated at Sydney Boys' High School and the University of Sydney
(B.Sc., 1934), Syd qualified for membership of the Pharmaceutical Society of New
South Wales. He proceeded to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine,
where he gained a diploma in bacteriology (1935). Awarded a scholarship for
microbiological research at the University of London (Ph.D., 1937), he studied the
biochemistry and taxonomy of fungi in blue-veined cheese. At the register office,
Hampstead, on 30 July 1937 he married Ellen Christine Gray, an artist.
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Sydney Dattilo Rubbo was senior lecturer in bacteriology at the University of Melbourne 1937-44. During this time he also did a medical course, where he was both lecturer and class-mate of the graduands of 1943. In 1945 he became Professor of Bacteriology, a position he held until 1969.
Born Sydney, 11 September 1911. Died April 1969. Educated Universities of Sydney (BSc, MPS), Melbourne (MD, BS) and London (PhD 1936, DSc). Research scholar, London 1935-37; senior lecturer in bacteriology, University of Melbourne 1937-44, Professor of Bacteriology 1945-69.
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