Person
Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897 - 1968)
CBE
- Born
- 12 June 1897
Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 30 July 1968
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Haematologist
Summary
Lucy Bryce worked at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne 1922-1928, 1934-1946, and at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1939-1944. She was also a clinical pathologist and Director of the Blood Transfusion Service 1929-1954. Bryce is commemorated by the Lucy Bryce Hall at the Central Blood Bank, Melbourne.
Details
Chronology
- 1918
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1922
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
- 1922 - 1928
- Career position - Research post at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)
- 1925 - 1926
- Career position - Research post at the Lister Institute in London
- 1928 - 1934
- Career position - Bacteriologist and Clinical Pathologist at the Melbourne Hospital
- 1929 - 1954
- Career position - Honorary Director of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service
- 1934 - 1940s
- Career position - Private practice as a Clinical Pathologist
- 1934 - 1946
- Career position - Research at WEHI (part-time)
- 1939 - 1944
- Career position - Research (part-time) at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL)
- c. 1940 - c. 1945
- Career position - Visiting Specialist with the rank of major at the 115th Australian General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria
- 1951
- Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- 1954 - 1960s
- Career position - Honorary Director of Pathology at the Queen Victoria Hospital
- 1954 - 1966
- Career position - Chairman, Transfusion Committee of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service
Archival resources
Private hands (contact Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre)
- Lucy Meredith Bryce - Records, 1897 - 1968; Private hands (contact Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre). Details
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Books
- Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Verso, M. L., 'Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897-1968), haematologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1979), pp. 470-471. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070471b.htm. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3266001. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/93331488. Details
- 'Bryce, Lucy M (1897-1968)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-565789. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897-1968), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0102b.htm. Details
See also
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 13 February 2018
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