Person
Hill, Florence Elizabeth McCoy (1876 - 1938)
- Born
- 18 April 1876
California, U.S.A. - Died
- 16 June 1938
Tulare, California, U.S.A. - Occupation
- Medical scientist
- Alternative Names
- McCoy Hill, Florence (Also known as)
- McCoy, Florence E. (maiden name)
Summary
Florence Hill, having qualified in medicine in 1901, worked as a hospital pathologist. She also worked in a number capacities at the University of California, Berkeley, including assistant in diseases of the skin and research assistant in biochemistry. In 1923 she moved to South Australia with her two daughters. Early in her time in South Australia, the family spent time at Pataroo, the rural property of B. Hugh MacLachlan. Between 1927 and 1930 Hill was Cancer research assistant in the Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Adelaide. Her research, on the pathogenicity of the embryonic cells in mice, resulted in the publication of several papers: her technical assistant was Miss E. Wadlow. During this time she assisted Thomas Cherry of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne in producing photographs on lymphoid growth intended for publication in the Australian journal of medical science. With one daughter Hill left Adelaide in September 1931 to return to the U.S. via Sydney.
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Chronology
- 1897
- Education - BS, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- 1901
- Education - Medical degree, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- 1905
- Career event - Appointed assistant in diseases of the skin, medical department, University of Cambridge, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- 1918
- Career event - Appointed research assistant in biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
- c. 1923
- Life event - Arrived Adelaide, SA with her daughters, Florence and Betty
- 1927 - 1930
- Career position - Cancer research assistant, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology and Sheridan Fellow, University of Adelaide
- 1929
- Career event - Received grant of £700 from Commonwealth Department of Health to undertake cancer research
- 24 September 1931
- Life event - Left Adelaide with daughter Betty to return to the U.S.
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Published resources
Journal Articles
- Hill, F. M., 'On the non-influence of rise in body temperature induced by drugs upon the protein quotient and the enumeration of white corpuscles', Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics, 12 (1) (1918), 1-17. Details
- Hill, F. M., 'The identity of the "primitive cell"', Australian journal of experimental biology and medical science, 7 (1930), 211-3. Details
- Hill, F. M., 'Lymphoid hyperplasia in mice', Journal of cancer research, 14 (1930), 325-8. Details
Sara Maroske
Created: 6 March 2025