Person

Anderson, Phyllis Margery (1901 - 1957)

Born
13 January 1901
Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
Died
29 November 1957
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Pathologist

Summary

Phyllis Anderson was a pathologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children 1926-1940. She was partly responsible for the transition of the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children into a teaching hospital. She is commemorated by the Phyllis Anderson Research Fellowship, established 1959.

Details

Chronology

1925
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney
1926
Career position - Pathologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children
1927 - 1940
Career position - Senior Resident Pathologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children
1928
Career position - Founder of the Medical Women's Society of New South Wales
1941 - 1945
Career position - Department of Bacteriology at the University of Sydney
1945 - 1946
Career position - President of the Medical Women's Society of New South Wales
1945 - 1957
Career position - Teaching Fellow and later part-time Lecturer at the University of Sydney

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

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Resources

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