Person

Chase, Eleanor Emily (1896 - 1926)

Born
1896
Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Died
1926
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Zoologist

Summary

Eleanor Emily Chase was a Lecturer and Demonstrator in Zoology at the University of Sydney. She was also a Senate representative on the Board of Directors of the Sydney University Women's Union, Vice-President of the Sydney University Science Society, Secretary to the Sex Education Committee of the National Council of Women of New South Wales and member of the Linnean and the Royal Societies of New South Wales.

Details

Chronology

1917
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Sydney
1917 - 1918
Education - Entomology studies at Sydney Technical College
1917 - 1922
Career position - Demonstrator in Zoology, University of Sydney
1923 - 1926
Career position - Lecturer and Demonstrator in Zoology, University of Sydney
1925
Career position - Member, Royal Society expedition to the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland

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

Resources

See also

  • Carey, Jane, Taking to the field: a history of Australian women in science (Clayton, Vic.: Monash University Press, 2023), 297 pp. Details

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