Person
Henderson, Margaret Mary (1915 - 2017)
OBE
- Born
- 13 November 1915
- Died
- 16 August 2017
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Physician
Summary
Dr. Margaret Henderson joined the Royal Melbourne Hospital as a resident in 1939. In 1959 she became the first woman to be appointed honorary physician by the hospital. Dr Henderson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire, 12 June 1976, for her services to medicine. In 2005 she was made a Consultant Emeritus by the Melbourne Health Board.
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Chronology
- 1938
- Education - MB BS, University of Melbourne
- 1939 - 1940
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1941
- Education - MD, University of Melbourne
- 1941 - 1942
- Career position - Junior Research Officer at the Medical Research Council
- 1941 - 1942
- Military service - Captain, Australian Military Forces
- 1947
- Education - Member, Royal College of Physicians, London
- 1947 - 1975
- Career position - Honorary Physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1959 -
- Career position - Consultant Physician, Queen Victoria Hospital, Melbourne
- 1976
- Award - Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) - Medicine
- 1976 - 1981
- Career position - Specialist Physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1976 - 1994
- Career position - Member of the Management Committee, Royal District Nursing Service
- 1981 -
- Career position - Consultant Physician, Royal Melbourne Hospital
- 1990 - 1994
- Career position - Vice-President, Royal District Nursing Service
- 2012
- Award - Doctor of Medical Science (DMedSc), honoris causa, University of Melbourne
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
Journal Articles
- Carolan, Jane Mayo, 'Dr Margaret M. Henderson 13 November 1915 - 18 August 2017', Chiron, 2018 (2018), 36-7. Details
Resources
- 'Henderson, Margaret Mary (1915-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-753088. Details
- 'Awarded honorary DMedSc, 2012 [Citation provided]', Honorary degree holders, University of Melbourne, 2023, https://about.unimelb.edu.au/notable-alumni-staff/honorary-degree-holders. Details
Resource Sections
- 'The People of the Royal Melbourne - Margaret Henderson', http://www.rmh.mh.org.au/scripts/printpage.asp?objectid=1019022&objecttypeid=16&portletid=1001217. Details
See also
- Herd, Margaret ed., Who's who in Australia 2002 (Melbourne: Crown Content, 2001), 2020 pp. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 14 February 2003, Last modified: 12 December 2017