Agent TypePersonActivities & OccupationsAcademics - Veterinary PhysiologyHistoryA graduate of the University of Sydney, Steel lectured there from 1944 until he took the Melbourne Chair in 1964, holding it until in 1977. A director of the Australian Equine Research Foundation from 1974, Steel was also a prominent in organizing international conferences in the fields of Medical and Biological Engineering and Sports Medicine. He published on a variety of topics, but especially on the electrocardiogram of the horse, extending his study of the heart score to human athletics.
Dates
Date1920-1977
Names
Given NameJamesMiddle NameDavidsonFamily NameSteel
Steel, James D. (1920-1977). University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 30/04/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/61135
