Art & Heritage Collections
May is history month in Adelaide. With this in mind the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide is featuring one of its most interesting historic scientific superstars, Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1884-1930), Professor of Biochemistry and General Physiology at this university, after a distinguished career in North America. He pioneered the preparation of insulin in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, his research team first producing it in the Darling Building in 1923. He championed biochemistry and was the first professor of the subject in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ (from 1926). A stained-glass window by Edith Lungley, installed in the Mitchell Building a year after Professor Brailsford Robertson's death, commemorates him. Lungley (a granddaughter of Henry Ayers) has adopted a liturgical and symbolic approach to celebrating Robertson's achievements, finely crafting glass with hand painted borders. ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Archives, Rare Books & Special Collections and the Art & Heritage Collections unit will present a Cultural Conversation about Professor Brailsford Robertson on Wednesday 23 May. A display of Professor Brailsford Robertson material consisting of letters, books and lecture notes, as well as (remarkably) children's books written by Robertson will also be open for viewing from 1 May-3 June during Barr Smith Library opening hours. For more information on ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ activities in History Month go to: Mirna Heruc, Manager, Art & Heritage Collections
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