Person
Bentivoglio, Marie (1898 - 1998)
- Born
- 1898
Italy - Died
- 1998
Italy - Occupation
- Crystallographer and Geographer
- Alternative Names
- Spaldeschi, Marie (married name)
Summary
Marie Bentivoglio was a pioneering geographer and crystallographer. She is the only woman to have been Head of the Department of Geography at the University of Sydney. She was also the first Australian woman to be awarded a 1851 Exhibition overseas scholarship. Graduating from the University of Oxford with a doctorate in mineralogy and a diploma in geography, Bentivoglio retuned to a teaching role in the Department of Geography at the University of Sydney. After a brief tenure as Acting Head of this Department, she taught at the Sydney Teachers' College. In 1931 she was elected Member of Council of the Geographical Society of New South Wales. She resigned from the College during a visit to the United States where she gave many talks on Australia, including to the National Geographical Society. Bentivoglio's subsequent career in the U.S. was in the field of plastics, and included working for the Selanesi Corporation from 1938 and lecturing at the New York University between 1952 and 1960.
Details
Chronology
- 1919
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc(Hons)), University of Sydney
- 1920
- Career position - President, Sydney University Club
- 1920
- Education - Diploma in Education, University of Sydney
- 1922
- Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship
- 1925
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and Diploma in Geography, University of Oxford
- 1926 - 1928
- Career position - Lecturer in Geography, University of Sydney
- 1928 - 1929
- Career position - Head, Department of Geography, University of Sydney
- 1929 - 1936
- Career position - Teacher, Sydney Teachers' College
- 1931
- Career event - Elected Member of Council, Geographical Society of New South Wales
- 1938 - ?
- Career position - Researcher in plastics, Selanesi Corporation, U.S.A.
- 1952 - 1960
- Career position - Lecturer, New York University, U.S.A>
- 1994
- Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Sydney
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Bentivoglio, Marie and Friedrich, Frieda Frances, A physical and practical geography for secondary schools (Sydney: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1931), 394 pp. Details
Journal Articles
- Bentivoglio, Marie, 'An investigation of the rate of growth of crystals in different directions', Proceedings of the Royal Society A: mathematical, physical and engineering sciences, 115 (770) (1927), 59-87. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1927.0076. Details
- Canale, C., 'Notable Australians of Italian heritage (5): Dr. Marie (Maria) Bentivoglio 1898 - 1998', Dante news Gold Coast (2017), 6. Details
- Warner, R. F., 'An intimate history of leadership: Sydney University's Department of Geography, 1921 - 1997', Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 144 (2022), 255-70, https://openjournals.library.sydney.edu.au/LIN/article/view/17116. Details
Newspaper Articles
- 'Women Who Are Doing Worth-While Jobs', Sydney Mail, 33, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160632467. Details
- 'Sydney Woman's Success', Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (1925), 5. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article137831202. Details
- 'Miss Bentivoglio, Pioneer', Table Talk (1925), 50, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146181507. Details
- 'Dr. Marie Bentivoglio', The Argus (1932), 11. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4470986. Details
- 'Resigned Dr. Marie Bentivoglio', The Sun (1936), 13. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231311502. Details
- Bentivoglio, Marie, 'Our Tropics Are Not For Women!', The Australian Women's Weekly (1933), 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51387194. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Science', in The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia, Australian Women's Archives Project, 2014, http://www.womenaustralia.info/leaders/biogs/WLE0455b.htm. Details
- 'History of the School', in School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, 11 March 2015, http://sydney.edu.au/science/geosciences/about_us/au_history.shtml. Details
- Meyering, Isobelle Barrett, 'Bentivoglio, Marie', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 24 September 2009, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/AWE4348b.htm. Details
See also
Elizabeth Daniels and Helen Cohn
Created: 16 January 2018, Last modified: 10 September 2024