Phyllis Margery Anderson

Phyllis Margery Anderson (13 January 1901 – 29 November 1957) was an Australian pathologist.[1]

The daughter of James Robert Anderson, a medical practitioner, and Mary Kendall,[2] she was born in Petersham, New South Wales. She was educated at the Methodist Ladies' College in Burwood and went on to earn a MB and a ChM from the University of Sydney. She became a pathologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children in 1926 and was senior pathologist there from 1927 to 1940. From 1941 to 1946, she was a member of the bacteriology department of the University of Sydney. In 1945, she became a teaching fellow at the University; she later became a part-time lecturer.[1]

In 1928, Anderson founded the Medical Women's Society of New South Wales and she served as its president from 1945 to 1946.[1]

She was also a member of the overseas committee for the Royal Academy of Dance.[2]

Anderson died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney of hypertensive cerebrovascular disease at the age of 56.[1]

A research fellowship was established in her name in 1959.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Anderson, Phyllis Margery (1901–1957)". Encyclopedia of Australian Science.
  2. 1 2 "Anderson, Phyllis Margery (1901–1957)". Dictionary of Australian Biography.


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