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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2025-03-06 human Sara Maroske updated 2025-10-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P007634b.htm person Hill Florence Elizabeth McCoy AACR2 McCoy, Florence E. McCoy Hill, Florence 18 April 1876 16 June 1938 Place of Birth California, U.S.A. Place of Death Tulare, California, U.S.A. Medical scientist Florence Hill, having qualified in medicine in 1901, worked as a hospital pathologist. She also worked in a number capacities at the University of California, Berkeley, including assistant in diseases of the skin and research assistant in biochemistry. In 1923 she moved to South Australia with her two daughters. Early in her time in South Australia, the family spent time at Pataroo, the rural property of B. Hugh MacLachlan. Between 1927 and 1930 Hill was Cancer research assistant in the Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Adelaide. Her research, on the pathogenicity of the embryonic cells in mice, resulted in the publication of several papers: her technical assistant was Miss E. Wadlow. During this time she assisted Thomas Cherry of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne in producing photographs on lymphoid growth intended for publication in the Australian journal of medical science. With one daughter Hill left Adelaide in September 1931 to return to the U.S. via Sydney. 1897 1897 Education - BS, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. 1901 1901 Education - Medical degree, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. 1905 1905 Career event - Appointed assistant in diseases of the skin, medical department, University of Cambridge, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. 1918 1918 Career event - Appointed research assistant in biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A. c. 1923 c. 1923 Life event - Arrived Adelaide, SA with her daughters, Florence and Betty 1927 1930 Career position - Cancer research assistant, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology and Sheridan Fellow, University of Adelaide 1929 1929 Career event - Received grant of £700 from Commonwealth Department of Health to undertake cancer research 24 September 1931 24 September 1931 Life event - Left Adelaide with daughter Betty to return to the U.S. Cherry, Thomas (1861 - 1945) The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Cancer research assistant, Department of Human Physiology and Pharmacology 1927 - 1930

 'Hill, Florence Elizabeth McCoy', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Hill, Florence Elizabeth McCoy Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: The identity of the "primitive cell" Hill, F. M. The identity of the "primitive cell" 1930 Australian journal of experimental biology and medical science 7 211-3 Journal Article: Lymphoid hyperplasia in mice Hill, F. M. Lymphoid hyperplasia in mice 1930 Journal of cancer research 14 325-8 Journal Article: On the non-influence of rise in body temperature induced by drugs upon the protein quotient and the enumeration of white corpuscles Hill, F. M. On the non-influence of rise in body temperature induced by drugs upon the protein quotient and the enumeration of white corpuscles 1918 Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics 12 1 1-17