Ethel Irene McLennan

Ethel Irene McLennan (15 March 1891 – 12 June 1983) was an Australian botanist and educator.[1]

The daughter of George McLennan and Eleanor Tucker, she was born in Williamstown, Victoria and was educated at the Tintern Church of England Girls' Grammar School in Hawthorn.[2] In 1914, she received a BSc from the University of Melbourne. From 1915 to 1931, she was a demonstrator and botany lecturer at the University. Her main areas of interest were mycology and plant pathology. In 1921, McLennan completed a DSc at the University.[1] She received a International Federation of University Women fellowship in 1925 which allowed her to pursue research at the Rothamsted Agricultural Experimental Station and the Imperial College of Science and Technology in London.[3] In 1927, she was awarded the David Syme Research Prize, the second woman to win the prize.[2] From 1931 to 1955, she was an associate professor of botany at the University; McLennan was acting head of the Biology department from 1937 to 1938. She retired in 1955; from 1956 to 1972, she was part-time keeper of the university herbarium.[4]

In 1929, McLennan was chair of the Australian Pan-Pacific Women's Committee and, in 1934, she was president of the Australian Federation of University Women.[4]

McLennan died in Melbourne at the age of 92.[1]

The standard author abbreviation McLennan is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "MacLennan, Ethel Irene (1891–1983)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science.
  2. 1 2 "McLennan, Ethel Irene (1891–1983)". Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria.
  3. ↑ "McLennan, Ethel Irene (1891–1983)". The Encyclopedia of Women and Leadership in Twentieth-Century Australia.
  4. 1 2 "McLennan, Ethel Irene (1891–1983)". Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  5. ↑ "Author Query for 'McLennan'". International Plant Names Index.
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