Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Dr. Athelstan John Henton Saw OBE (16 July 1868 – 28 November 1929), generally referred to as "A. J. H. Saw" or "Dr. Athelstan Saw", was a Western Australian politician and University administrator.He was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of merchant Henry Saw. He studied at Perth High School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a M.A. degree. He later gained an M.D. and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1895 he was appointed honorary surgeon to the Perth Hospital.In 1915 Dr. Saw was first elected unopposed for the Liberal Party to the Legislative Council for the Metropolitan-Suburban Province, retaining his seat for 14 years. He was Honorary Minister in the Wilson Government when he enlisted for war duty. Dr. Saw held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army Medical Corps as senior surgeon at the 14th Australian Garrison Hospital.Another sphere of public work in which he played a distinguished part was the formation of the University of Western Australia. He became a member of its original Senate in 1912, and succeeded the late Archbishop Riley to the position of Chancellor in 1921.He bequeathed a substantial sum of money to the University of Western Australia to endow the "Athelstan and Amy Saw Medical Research Fellowship". }
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- Athelstan_Saw abstract "Dr. Athelstan John Henton Saw OBE (16 July 1868 – 28 November 1929), generally referred to as "A. J. H. Saw" or "Dr. Athelstan Saw", was a Western Australian politician and University administrator.He was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of merchant Henry Saw. He studied at Perth High School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he earned a M.A. degree. He later gained an M.D. and was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. In 1895 he was appointed honorary surgeon to the Perth Hospital.In 1915 Dr. Saw was first elected unopposed for the Liberal Party to the Legislative Council for the Metropolitan-Suburban Province, retaining his seat for 14 years. He was Honorary Minister in the Wilson Government when he enlisted for war duty. Dr. Saw held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Australian Army Medical Corps as senior surgeon at the 14th Australian Garrison Hospital.Another sphere of public work in which he played a distinguished part was the formation of the University of Western Australia. He became a member of its original Senate in 1912, and succeeded the late Archbishop Riley to the position of Chancellor in 1921.He bequeathed a substantial sum of money to the University of Western Australia to endow the "Athelstan and Amy Saw Medical Research Fellowship"".