Person
Crossley, Stella Ann (1933 - 2007)
- Born
- 2 November 1933
Stockton, Wiltshire, England - Died
- 21 November 2007
Brighton, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Educator, Psychologist and Zoologist
Summary
Stella Ann Crossley held professorial roles at Monash University from 1969 to 1997. She was a zoologist with a specialist knowledge in animal behaviour. Before moving to Australia in 1969, she spent several years working with Nobel Laureate Niko Tinbergen identifying the hereditary nature of certain behaviours in flies. She remained interested in the heredity of behaviour, and went on to research and lecture in human behaviour as well.
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Chronology
- 1959
- Award - Appointed Fellow of St Hugh's College, Oxford University
- 1959
- Award - Appointed Fellow of St Anne's College, Oxford University, England
- 1959 - 1969
- Career position - Professor of Zoology, Oxford University, England
- 1969
- Life event - Emigrated to Australia with family
- 1969 - 1997
- Career position - Various roles within Psychology and Zoology, Faculty of Science, Monash University
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 regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- 'Crossley, Stella Ann (19331102-20071121)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1514390. Details
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Created: 31 August 2012, Last modified: 3 October 2012