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Author
Jones, Helen
Title
Benham, Ellen Ida (1871-1917), educationist
In
Australian dictionary of biography, volume 7: 1891 - 1939 A-Ch
Editors
Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle
Imprint
Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, p. 261
Url
http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070259b.htm
Format
Print
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

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