Portrait details: painted by Luciano Micallef,
1993.
http://www.um.edu.mt/umms/museum/portrait
Wednesday, 03 December 2014
Professor of Forensic Medicine
Born: Valletta, 18/09/1886; died: 24/10/1953. Education:
Lyceum and University of Malta; attended postgraduate studies in
Naples and Rome. Qualifications: M.D. [Malta, 1924]. Career:
University of Malta - Professor of Forensic Medicine 1927-1947; assistant Professor of Surgery; served as examiner in anatomy, surgery, mental disease. Achievements: represented Malta at the International Congress of Forensic Medicine in Florence
[1927]; served in several government boards including the
Medical Board, the Leprosy Board, the Council of Health, and the
Contracts Committee. Was active in politics joining the U.P.M.
[1919] contesting unsuccessfully the 1921 elections; elected to parliament representing the PN in 1932; in 1945 nominated to executive council and represented the Camera Medica in National
Assembly to draft the new constitution; 1947-1951 formed new political party – Democratic Action Party – and was elected to parliament, retired from politics in 1951.
References: M.J. Schiavone: Hyzler, Giuseppe. Maltese biographies of
the twentieth century [eds. M.J. Schiavone; L.J. Scerri]. PIN, Malta, 1997, p.349.