Betty Allan
Frances Elizabeth Allan | |
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Born | ACT | 11 July 1905
Resting place | Canberra cemetery |
Other names | Betty |
Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
Occupation | Statistician |
Frances Elizabeth Allan (11 July 1905 – 6 August 1952) was an Australian statistician. She was known as the first statistician at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO),[1] as "the effective founder of the CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics",[2] and for her advocacy of biometrics.[1]
Allan was born on 11 July 1905 in
In 1928 Allan traveled on a scholarship to
Returning to Australia in 1930, she became the first
During her time at CSIRO, Allan also taught at
In 1940 she married CSIRO botanist Patrick Joseph Calvert, and was forced to retire by the laws of the time, which banned married women from public service.[1][4] She died on 6 August 1952 in Canberra.[4]
The Betty Allan Data Centre of CSIRO's Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies is named after her.[1] In 2019 the Statistical Society of Australia and Data61 created a joint travel award named in her honour.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d "Frances Elizabeth (Betty) Allan [1905-1952]", CSIROpedia, CSIRO, 13 January 2015, retrieved 15 June 2019
- ^ McCarthy, G. J. (26 March 2007), "Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) (1905 - 1952)", Encyclopedia of Australian Science
- ^ ISSN 1833-7538.
- ^ a b c d e f Clarke, Patricia (21 February 2013), "Allan, Frances Elizabeth (1905 - 1952)", Australian Women's Register, The National Foundation for Australian Women and University of Melbourne
- ^ Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology. "Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation". www.eoas.info. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Heyde, C. C., "Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) (1905–1952)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 26 October 2022
- ^ "Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) - Person - Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation".
- ^ Heyde, C. C., "Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) (1905–1952)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 26 October 2022
- ^ CSIRO/SSA Betty Allan Travel Award, 11 November 2019
Further reading
- Ward, Collin (11 February 2011). "Frances Elizabeth (Betty) Allan 1905-1952". CSIROpedia. CSIRO.