Person
Mankin, Winifred Roby (1902 - 1972)
- Born
- 10 April 1902
Nyngan, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 21 September 1972
Rachel Forster Hospital, late of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Biochemist and Surgeon
Summary
Winifred Mankin initially trained and worked as a research scientist, before turning to medicine. After completing her medical and surgery degrees, Mankin was appointed Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (1939-1947) and then became an Assistant Ophthalmological Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for close to twenty years.
Details
Chronology
- 1925
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
- 1925 - 1932
- Career position - Assistant Biochemist, Cancer Research Commission, University of Sydney
- 1929
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Sydney
- 1930
- Career event - Elected Associate Member (Chemistry), Australian National Research Council
- 1933 - 1935
- Career position - Physiology Demonstrator, University of Sydney
- 1939
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Sydney
- 1939 - 1947
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney
- 1947 - 1962
- Career position - Assistant Surgeon, Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1962 - 1972
- Career position - Reserve Honorary Medical Officer, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Related entries
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
Resources
- 'Mankin, Winifred Roby (1902-1972)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476182. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Mankin, Winifred Roby', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001740p.htm. Details
Gavan McCarthy; Ken McInnes
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 29 May 2024
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