Darcy Rivers Warren Cowan
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}}
{{Use Australian English|date= February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Sir Darcy Cowan
| honorific_prefix =
| image =
| birth_place = Norwood, South Australia, Australia
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1885|08|08}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1958|06|09|1885|08|08}}
| death_place = North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
| resting_place = Payneham Cemetery
| resting_place_coordinates =
| monuments =
| occupation = physician
| spouse = Effie Hewitt Cox (1886–1971) grand daughter of William Doudy
| children = no children
| parents = James Cowan and Sarah Ann, née Warren
}}
Sir Darcy Rivers Warren Cowan (8 August 1885 – 9 June 1958) was an Australian medical practitioner and advocate of effective treatment of tuberculosis.{{Australian Dictionary of Biography |last= Woodruff|first= Philip|authorlink= |year= 1993 |id2= cowan-sir-darcy-rivers-warren-9845/text17415|title= Cowan, Sir Darcy Rivers Warren (1885–1958)|accessdate= 2016-02-20 }}
Family
The sixth of seven sons of James Cowan and Sarah Ann (née Warren) and brother of Gladys Rosalind Lewis.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48114923 |title=Death Of Mrs. Essington Lewis |newspaper=The Advertiser |volume=97 |issue=29,868 |location=Adelaide |date=7 July 1954 |accessdate=8 March 2016 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
He married Effie Hewitt Cox, grand daughter of William Doudy, on 19 April 1910 at the home of his brother-in-law Alfred von Doussa, at Hahndorf, South Australia, Australia.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article209905882 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Express and Telegraph |location=Adelaide |date=29 April 1910 |accessdate=20 February 2016 |page=1|edition=4 o'clock.|via=National Library of Australia}} They had no children.
Education and career
Cowan attended Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide.
Cowan was in England at the start of World War I. Darcy served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and later the Australian Army Medical Corps Reserve as an honorary captain.
He championed the effective treatment of tuberculosis, including the use of Bacillus Calmette-Guérin vaccine.
He championed the establishment of Bedford Industries Inc,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36360085 |title=New Workshop For T.B. Sufferers. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=1 April 1949 |accessdate=20 February 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} focusing on the rehabilitation of those afflicted with tuberculosis and also worked with the James Brown Memorial Trust which owned and managed Kalyra Sanatorium and Estcourt House, Grange.
He was knighted in 1955 in "recognition of service to medicine."{{cite web|title=COWAN, Darcy Rivers Warren|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1083244|publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Australian Government|accessdate=20 February 2016}} He was a member of the Adelaide Club and a life member of the British Medical Association. The Australian Laennec Society commemorated him by the Sir Darcy Cowan prize for research into respiratory disease.
References
{{reflist}}
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cowan, Darcy Rivers Warren}}
Category:Australian military doctors
Category:University of Adelaide Medical School alumni
Category:Australian pulmonologists
Category:Australian Knights Bachelor
Category:Australian people of Northern Ireland descent
Category:Royal Australian Army Medical Corps officers
Category:Military personnel from South Australia