Background
Bishop, Peter Orlebar was born on June 14, 1917 in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Ernest John Hunter and Mildred Alice Havelock (Vidal) Bishop.
Bishop, Peter Orlebar was born on June 14, 1917 in Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. Son of Ernest John Hunter and Mildred Alice Havelock (Vidal) Bishop.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science, University Sydney, Australia, 1940. Doctor of Science, University Sydney, Australia, 1967. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Sydney, Australia, 1983.
Junior resident, medical officer Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, 1941, neurological registrar, 1941-1942, clinical assistant in neurosurgery, 1946. Fellow postgraduate committee in medicine University Sydney, 1946-1950. Fellow National Hospital, Queen Square, University College, London, 1946-1950.
Fellow national health and medical research council department surgery University Sydney, 1950-1951, senior lecturer department physiology, 1951-1954, reader in physiology, 1954-1955, professor physiology, head department physiology, 1955-1967. Professor, head department physiology Australian National University, Canberra, 1967-1982, professor emeritus, since 1983. Research fellow Department Anatomy University College, London, 1947-1950.
Visiting professor Department Neurophysiology Osaka University Medical School, 1974, Keio University School Medicine, Tokyo, 1982, Katholieke University Leuven, Belgium, 1984-1985, University Zurich, Switzerland, 1985, Department Physiology, Cambridge, England, 1986. Visiting fellow Department Behavioural Biology, Research School Biological Sciences, Australian National University, 1983-1987. Research associate Department Anatomy, University Sydney, since 1987.
Central council International Union Physiological Sciences, 1968-1977, International Brain Research Organization, 1986-1992.
Surgical lieutenant Navy, 1942-1946. Fellow Australian Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of London. Member Australian Neurosci.
Society, Australian Physiological and Pharmaceutical Society (treasurer 1960-1964), The Physiological Society.
Married Hilare Louise Holmes. Children: Phillippa Leslie, Elisabeth Clare, Roderick Owen.