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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2026-03-31 human Sara Maroske updated 2026-04-07 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P008013b.htm person Cleland Elizabeth Robson AACR2 Simpson, Elizabeth Robson 1910 31 January 2005 Place of Birth Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia Place of Death Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Zoologist Author Elizabeth Cleland was a zoologist who specialised in nematodes. Having graduated with a BSc from the University of Adelaide in 1933, she became a research assistant and demonstrator in the Department of Zoology at the University. Working with the Professor of Zoology, T. Harvey Johnston, she published several papers on Australian flatworms (trematodes), and completed her MSc on the anatomy of roundworms (nematodes). In 1938 Cleland married Alfred Simpson and left the University. The couple travelled extensively in Australia, particularly in outback regions, and overseas from the Antarctic to the Arctic. While travelling Elizabeth sketched and made observations in anthropology, local history and natural science. She was the daughter of pathologist John B. Cleland, and published several books on the Cleland family and Beaumont House. 1929 1929 Award - John Bagot Scholarship and Medal, University of Adelaide 1933 1933 Education - BSc (hons) (zoology), University of Adelaide 1933 1937 Career position - Research Assistant and demonstrator, Department of Zoology, University of Adelaide 1935 1935 Education - MSc, University of Adelaide 1986 1986 Publication - The Clelands of Beaumont: a history of 26 generations of a South Australian family 1993 1993 Publication - Beaumont House: the land and its people Johnston, Thomas Harvey (1881 - 1951) Cleland, John Burton (1878 - 1971) The University of Adelaide (1874 - 2026)

Research Assistant and demonstrator, Department of Zoology 1933 - 1937

 'Cleland, Elizabeth Robson', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Cleland, Elizabeth Robson Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Larval trematodes from Australian terrestrial and freshwater molluscs, part 3: Leucochloridium australiense n.sp. Johnston, T. H. and Cleland, E. R. Larval trematodes from Australian terrestrial and freshwater molluscs, part 3: <span style="font-style:italic">Leucochloridium australiense</span> n.sp. 1938 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 62 25-33 Journal Article: Larval trematodes from Australian terrestrial and freshwater molluscs, part 1-2 Johnston, T. H. and Cleland, E. R. Larval trematodes from Australian terrestrial and freshwater molluscs, part 1-2 1937 Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 61 191-206 Book: The Clelands of Beaumont: a history of 26 generations of a South Australian family Simpson, E. R. The Clelands of Beaumont: a history of 26 generations of a South Australian family [Adelaide] Beaumont Press 1986 Newspaper Article: Demonstrator in zoology Anon Demonstrator in zoology 1036 News (Adelaide) 5 March 15