Biographical entry Anderson, Phyllis Margery (1901 - 1957)

Summary

Phyllis Anderson was a pathologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children 1926-1940. She was partly responsible for the transition of the Rachel Forster Hospital for Women and Children into a teaching hospital. She is commemorated by the Phyllis Anderson Research Fellowship, established 1959.

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Events

1925

Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Master of Surgery (ChM) completed at the University of Sydney

1926

Career position - Pathologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children

1927 - 1940

Career position - Senior Resident Pathologist at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children

1928

Career position - Founder of the Medical Women's Society of New South Wales

1941 - 1945

Career position - Department of Bacteriology at the University of Sydney

1945 - 1946

Career position - President of the Medical Women's Society of New South Wales

1945 - 1957

Career position - Teaching Fellow and later part-time Lecturer at the University of Sydney

Published resources

Book Sections

• Scollay, Moira, 'Anderson, Phyllis Margery (1901-1957)', in Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle (eds), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 7, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1979, p. 61. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070063b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Anderson, Phyllis Margery', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1462744. Details