Biographical entry Buchanan, Gwynneth Vaughan (1886 - 1945)

Summary

Gwynneth Vaughan Buchanan became a Lecturer in 1921 and a Senior Lecturer in 1925 in Zoology at the University of Melbourne. Her much used text "Elements of Animal Morphology" was published in 1921. Prior to this she tutored biology at the secondary school and tertiary levels

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Events

1908

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1909

Career position - Junior Demonstrator in Biology at the University of Melbourne

1910

Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Melbourne

1910 - 1913

Career position - Tutor in Biology at Queen's College, University of Melbourne

1910 - 1920

Career position - Senior Biology Mistress at the Presbyterian Ladies' College

1913 - 1914

Career position - Research on the embryology of Australian marsupials at University College, London

c. 1914 - c. 1916

Career position - Tutor in Biology at Queen's, Ormond and Trinity colleges at the University of Melbourne

1914 - 1916

Career position - Public Examiner in Anatomy and Physiology

1915

Career position - Government scholarship received for inquiry into human embryology

1916

Education - Doctor of Science (DSc) received from the University of Melbourne

1919 - 1922

Career position - Public Examiner in Animal Morphology and Physiology

1920

Career position - Lecturer-in-charge of Biology at the University of Western Australia

1921 - 1924

Career position - Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Melbourne

1925 - 1944

Career position - Senior Lecturer in Zoology at the University of Melbourne

1926

Career position - Acting Head of Department at the University of Melbourne

1935

Career position - Founding member of the McCoy Society for Field Investigation and Research

Archival resources

University College Archives, University of Melbourne

• Gwynneth Vaughan Buchanan - Records; University College Archives, University of Melbourne. Details

The University of Melbourne Archives

• Gwynneth Vaughan Buchanan - Records; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
• Gwynneth Vaughan Buchanan - Records; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Close, Cecily, 'Buchanan, Gwynneth Vaughan (1886-1945), zoologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 471-472. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070473b.htm. Details

Journal Articles

• 'Obituary: Dr. Gwynneth Vaughan Buchanan', Australian Journal of Science, vol. 8, no. 2-3, 1945, p. 73. Details
• Buchanan, Gwynneth, 'The Melbourne University Science Club, 1888-1937', The Science Review, no. 1, 1937, pp. 16-21. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Buchanan, Gwynneth Vaughan', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462800. Details

See also

• Alexander, John A. (ed.), Who's Who in Australia 1944, vol. 12, The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, Melbourne, 1944, 906 pp. Details