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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker and Kirsty Harris updated 2026-02-19 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002759b.htm person Williams Fannie Eleanor MBE ARRC AACR2 Williams, Fanny Eleanor 4 July 1884 June 1963 Place of Birth Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Pathologist Bacteriologist Fannie Williams, known as Eleanor Williams, was one of the first three staff members of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI). She co-authored and authored more than fifty publications in her career and specialised in research on dysentery, influenza and snake venom. Williams was responsible for the training of staff and later the general organisation of WEHI.

Williams trained as a nurse at Adelaide Children's Hospital, and began her bacteriology and serology career in the pathology department of the Adelaide Children's Hospital, followed by the Adelaide Hospital. War service with AIF at pathology laboratory, 3 Australian General Hospital, Lemnos, 1915, Lister Institute London, 1917, awarded Associate Royal Red Cross (ARRC) 1917, 25 British Stationary Hospital France 1918. Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne 1920-1957. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1957.

 The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (1915 - )

Bacteriologist and general supervisor 1920 - 1957

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Williams, Fanny Eleanor (1890?-1963), Biographical Entry

 Williams, Fannie Eleanor (1884-1963)

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 'Williams, Fannie Eleanor', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Williams, Fannie Eleanor Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Newspaper Article: Work rewarded by the Queen Work rewarded by the Queen 1957 The Age Book: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1915-1965 Burnet, Macfarlane, Sir Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1915-1965 Carlton, Victoria Melbourne University Press 1971 Book Section: Fannie Eleanor Williams: bacteriologist and serologist Harris, Kirsty Fannie Eleanor Williams: bacteriologist and serologist [Parkville, Vic.] eSchoarship Research Centre 2012 Seizing the initiative: Australian women leaders in politics, workplaces and communities Francis, Rosemary; Grimshaw, Patricia; and Standish, Ann 145-55 Journal Article: Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 Fenner, Frank Frank Macfarlane Burnet, 1899-1985 CSIRO Publishing 1987 Historical Records of Australian Science 7 1 39-77 Edited Book: History of Microbiology in Australia Fenner, Frank History of Microbiology in Australia Melbourne Australian Society for Microbiology 1990 Book: The Melbourne School of Pathology: Phases and Contrasts The Melbourne School of Pathology: Phases and Contrasts Melbourne Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne 1962