Biographical entry Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897 - 1968)

Summary

Lucy Meredith Bryce worked at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne 1922-28, 1934-46, and at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1939-44. She was also a clinical pathologist and Director of the Blood Transfusion Service 1929-54. Bryce is commemorated by the Lucy Bryce Hall at the Central Blood Bank, Melbourne.

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Events

1918

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

1922

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne

1922 - 1928

Career position - Research post at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)

1925 - 1926

Career position - Research post at the Lister Institute in London

1928 - 1934

Career position - Bacteriologist and Clinical Pathologist at the Melbourne Hospital

1929 - 1954

Career position - Honorary Director of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service

1934 - 1940s

Career position - Private practice as a Clinical Pathologist

1934 - 1946

Career position - Research at WEHI (part-time)

1939 - 1944

Career position - Research (part-time) at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL)

c. 1940 - c. 1945

Career position - Visiting Specialist with the rank of major at the 115th Australian General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria

1951

Award - Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

1954 - 1960s

Career position - Honorary Director of Pathology at the Queen Victoria Hospital

1954 - 1966

Career position - Chairman of the Transfusion Committee of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service

Archival resources

Private hands (contact Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre)

• Lucy Meredith Bryce - Records, 1897 - 1968; Private hands (contact Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre). Details

Published resources

Encyclopedia of Australian Science Exhibitions

• McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2003, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Book Sections

• Verso, M. L., 'Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897-1968), haematologist', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, pp. 470-471. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070471b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• 'Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897-1968), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0102b.htm. Details
• 'Bryce, Lucy M', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-565789. 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