Published Resources Details
Book Section
- Title
- Benham, Ellen Ida (1871-1917), educationist
- In
- Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch
- Imprint
- Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, p. 261
- Url
- http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070259b.htm
- Format
- Description
Published online in 2006
- Abstract
Quote: "Ellen, like most of her brothers and sisters, followed her father's botanical interests. In 1901 the ailing professor of natural science engaged her to give his botany lectures; on his death that year the University of Adelaide confirmed the appointment, thus making her its first female academic. She reorganized the botany curriculum, extending the study of native flora and including field visits. An authority on the identification of plants, in 1906 she was appointed to classify a major collection presented to the university herbarium by the South Australian government."
- Source
- Carey 2003