Person

Isbister, Jean Sinclair (1915 - 2008)

CBE OBE

Born
12 September 1915
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Died
2008
Occupation
Paediatrician
Alternative Names
  • Isbister, Clair (Also known as)
  • Paton, Jean Sinclair (maiden name)

Summary

Jean Isbister was a Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal North Shore Hospital, New South Wales and published many books on motherhood.

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Chronology

1969
Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
1977
Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

Archival resources

National Library of Australia Oral History Collection

  • Jean Sinclair Isbister - Records, 1920 - 1975, DeB 861; National Library of Australia Oral History Collection. Details

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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See also

  • Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details

McCarthy, G.J.

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