He is one of the University of Melbourne's most controversial figures.

But now Professor Richard Berry, the former head of anatomy and influential surgeon, has had his name removed from campus.

The university has renamed the prominent Richard Berry building for maths and statistics at its main entrance. The move comes after a long anti-racism campaign by a group of staff and students.

Berry lobbied for "sterilisation, segregation and the lethal chamber" for Aboriginal people, as well as homosexuals, poor people and prostitutes.