Person
Mankin, Winifred Roby (1902 - 1972)
- Born
- 10 April 1902
England - Died
- 21 September 1972
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Biochemist and Surgeon
Summary
Winifred Mankin initially trained and worked as a research scientist, before turning to medicine. After completing her medical and surgery degrees, Mankin was appointed Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children (1939-1947) and then became an Assistant Ophthalmological Surgeon at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for close to twenty years.
Skip to
Details
Chronology
- 1925
- Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1925 - 1932
- Career position - Assistant Biochemist at the Cancer Research Commission at the University of Sydney
- 1929
- Education - Master of Science (MSc) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1933 - 1935
- Career position - Physiology Demonstrator at the University of Sydney
- 1939
- Education - Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Sydney
- 1939 - 1947
- Career position - Resident Medical Officer at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney
- 1947 - 1962
- Career position - Assistant Surgeon of the Department of Ophthalmology at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
- 1962 - 1972
- Career position - Reserve Honorary Medical Officer at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital?
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Morgan, Helen; Smith, Ailie; van den Bosch, Alan, Where are the Women in Australian Science?, Exhibition of the Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, First published 2003 with lists updated regulary edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details
Resources
- 'Mankin, Winifred Roby (1902-1972)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476182. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Mankin, Winifred Roby', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001740p.htm. Details
McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993, Last modified: 8 September 2022
- Foundation Supporter - Committee to Review Australian Studies in Tertiary Education