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May 2009 Issue
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Art & Heritage Collections

This beautiful stained-glass window by artist Edith A Lungley was commissioned by the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide in memory of Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1884-1930), Professor of Biochemistry and General Physiology at the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide.

Robertson championed biochemistry and was the first professor of the subject in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog. He pioneered the production of insulin in ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog, with insulin first produced by his research team in the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog of Adelaide's Darling Building in 1923.

Edith Lungley trained in glass painting at the Royal College of Art, London. Her artwork, which uses Christian imagery, is situated in the ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog's Mitchell Building and can be viewed from the back stairwell.

Anyone who would like to see the work can contact Mirna Heruc on +61 8 8303 4031 or email: mirna.heruc@adelaide.edu.au

Detail of <i>Knowledge</i>, stained-glass panel created in 1931 in London by Edith A Lungley (1876–1939 ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog/Great Britain)

Detail of Knowledge, stained-glass panel created in 1931 in London by Edith A Lungley (1876-1939 ×îÐÂÌÇÐÄVlog/Great Britain)
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