Person

Hunt, Fanny (1863 - 1941)

Born
25 July 1863
Reading, England
Died
1 June 1941
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation
Biologist, Headmistress and Teacher
Website
https://www.womenaustralia.info/entries/hunt-fanny-elizabeth/

Summary

Fanny Hunt graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the University of Sydney in 1888. She was the first woman to do so. She went on to become the founding head of the Ipswich Girls Grammar School in 1892.

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Chronology

14 April 1888
Education - Graduated BSc, University of Sydney - the first woman to do so

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 regularly edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, 2003, https://eoas.info/exhibitions/wisa/wisa.html. Details

Resources

See also

  • Hooker, Claire, Irresistible Forces: Australian Women in Science (Carlton: Melbourne University Press, 2004), 215 pp. Details

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