Person
Brown, Ida Alison (1900 - 1976)
- Born
- 16 August 1900
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 21 October 1976
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Palaeontologist
- Alternative Names
- Browne, Ida Alison (married name)
Summary
Ida Brown lectured in palaeontology at the University of Sydney 1935-1950, continuing private field-work until 1965. In 1950 she married William Rowan Browne.
Details
Chronology
- 1922
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1922 - 1926
- Career position - Demonstrator at the University of Sydney
- 1927 - 1933
- Career position - Linnean Macleay Fellow in Geology
- 1932
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Sydney
- 1934
- Career position - Demonstrator in Geology at the University of Sydney
- 1935 - 1940
- Career position - Assistant Lecturer in Palaeontology at the University of Sydney
- 1940 - 1945
- Career position - Lecturer at the University of Sydney
- 1941 - 1950
- Career position - Member of Council of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
- 1945 - 1946
- Career position - President of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
- 1945 - 1950
- Career position - Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney
- 1953 - 1954
- Career position - President of the Royal Society of New South Wales
- 1959
- Award - Royal Society of New South Wales Meal
Related entries
Husband
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
- Vallance, T. G., 'Browne, Ida Alison (1900-1976)' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, John Ritchie, ed., vol. 13 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), pp. 280-282. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130741b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Browne, W.R.; Brown, Ida A., 'Scientific Societies in Australia. The Royal Society of New South Wales', The Royal Australian Chemical Institute Proceedings, 28 (1961), 100-109. Details
- Hooker, Claire, 'Stratigraphy: Dr Ida Alison Browne 1900-1976', Australasian Science, 22 (5) (2001), 46. Details
- Turner, S., 'Invincible but mostly Invisible: Australian Women's Contribution to Geology and Palaeontology', Geological Society Special Publication, 281 (2007), 165-202. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21539208. Details
- Geological Society of Australia, Australian geology hall of fame, Earth Sciences History Group, Geological Society of Australia, 2022. https://www.gsa.org.au/Public/Public/Specialist_Groups/ESHG_Sub_Pages/ESHG_Biographies.aspx?hkey=1bfc25ca-efd5-4f91-9536-dabf175139ce. Details
- 'Browne, Ida Alison (1900-1976)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476447. Details
See also
- Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 30 June 1997, Last modified: 24 September 2009