Person

Thornton, Mary Ethel Josephine (1897 - 1965)

Born
1897
Died
21 July 1965
Taree, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Radiologist
Alternative Names
  • Kent Hughes, Mary (married name)

Summary

Mary Thornton was specialist in radiology in the Royal Army Medical Corps, with the rank Major, serving in England and the Middle East during the Second World War. She was later visiting specialist in radiation at the Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria.

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Chronology

1926
Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS), University of Melbourne
1926? - 1935?
Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Austin Hospital, Victoria
1935 - 1937
Career position - Radiologist at Dunedin and Wanganui Public Hospitals
1938
Career position - First woman outside England to receive the London Fellowship Diploma of the Faculty of Radiologists - the highest radiation qualification in the British Empire
1939? - ?
Career position - Assistant Radiologist at the Austin Hospital in Victoria

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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

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See also

  • Alexander, John A. ed., Who's who in Australia 1944 (Melbourne, Victoria: The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, 1944), 906 pp. Details

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