Person
Butler, Hildred Mary (1906 - 1975)
- Born
- 9 October 1906
Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia - Died
- 8 April 1975
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Microbiologist
Summary
Hildred Butler investigated the causes of infections during and after childbirth while working at the Baker Medical Research Institute and later the (Royal) Women's Hospital. She recorded her findings in twenty-one papers published both in Australia and overseas.
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Chronology
- 1928
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
- 1928 - 1938
- Career position - Bacteriologist at the Baker Medical Research Institute
- 1938 - 1971
- Career position - Bacteriologist at the (Royal) Women's Hospital
- 1946
- Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
- 1971
- Life event - Retired
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
Book Sections
- Attwood, H.D., 'Butler, Hildred Mary (1906-1975), microbiologist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 13: 1940 - 1980 A-De, John Ritchie, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1993), p. 320. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130362b.htm. Details
Journal Articles
- Hill, Arthur and Leslie, David, 'Hildred Mary Butler', Medical Journal of Australia, 1975 (2) (1975), 844-5. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21664241. Details
- 'Butler, Hildred Mary (1906-1975)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1465295. Details
See also
- Danks, D.; Duffield, A.; Sargeson, A., 'Berthold Halpern 1923-1980', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 72-81. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540072. Details
- Watson-Munro, C. N., 'Stuart Thomas Butler 1926-1982', Historical Records of Australian Science, 5 (4) (1983), 83-90. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9830540082. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 21 August 2019