Person
Best, Effie Wyllie (1905 - )
AM
- Born
- 1905
- Occupation
- Zoologist and Teacher
- Alternative Names
- Deland, Effie (maiden name)
Summary
Effie Wyllie Best worked in the Zoology Department at the University of Adelaide for at least six years and then went on to teach at the Adelaide Kindergarten Training College and at Girton College. In 1990, Best was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM).
Details
Chronology
- 1926
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Adelaide
- 1926 - 1927
- Career position - Demonstrator (junior) in Zoology, University of Adelaide
- 1927
- Career position - Demonstrator in Histology, University of Adelaide
- 1927 - 1930
- Career position - Assistant Demonstrator in Zoology, University of Adelaide
- 1929 - 1931
- Career position - Biological Artist for Professor T. H. Johnston
- 1930
- Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Adelaide
- 1943 - 1944
- Career position - Research Assistant and Demonstrator in Zoology, University of Adelaide
- c. 1950 - c. 1960
- Career position - Biology Teacher and Senior Mistress at Girton College in South Australia
- 1957 - 1958
- Career position - Lecturer at Adelaide Kindergarten Training School (part-time)
- 1990
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
Archival resources
University of Adelaide Archives
- University of Adelaide Records for Effie Wyllie Best, UAA S467 & UAA S1117; University of Adelaide Archives. 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
Books
- Johnston, T. Harvey; and Best, Effie, Acanthocephala (Sydney: Government Printer, 1938), 21 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Best, Effie Wyllie (1905-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1474980. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 8 September 2005, Last modified: 10 January 2014