Person
Shiels, Marjorie (1895 - 1970)
- Born
- 1895
- Died
- 1970
- Occupation
- Ecologist
- Alternative Names
- Collins, Marjorie (maiden name)
Summary
Marjorie Shiels (then Collins) gained a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Sydney and carried out research there for two more years. In 1917 she was appointed demonstrator at the University of Adelaide (Botany Department?). Returning to Sydney, Marjorie Collins took up a Linnean Macleay Fellowship, which she held continuously until 1924. Her ecological papers were published in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. In 1924 she departed for Imperial College, London, on a Dominion Fellowship, returning to Sydney in 1925. After her marriage, Shiels taught for long periods, as well as co-authoring school biology texts.
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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
Books
- Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Hooker, Claire, 'Marjorie Shiels (née Collins) 1895-1970: Pioneering Ecologist', Australasian Science, 20 (5) (1999), 46. Details
Resources
- 'Shiels, Marjorie (1895-19701231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476499. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 20 January 2005