Mary MacLean Hindmarsh
Mary Hindmarsh | |
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Born | Mary MacLean Hindmarsh 21 July 1921 |
Died | 10 April 2000 Australia | (aged 78)
Nationality | Australian |
Education | Lismore High School |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Botanist |
Employer | New South Wales University of Technology |
Mary MacLean Hindmarsh (21 July 1921 – 10 April 2000) was an Australian botanist who worked at the
Biography
On 21 July 1921,
She won a three-year Linnean Macleay Fellowship at the University of Sydney from 1949 to 1953.[4][5] Hindmarsh authored a doctorate study on the effects of certain substances on cell division and root growth.[5] She did a year's worth of post-graduate research studying cell division at the Chester Beatty Research Institute of the Royal Marsden Hospital between 1953 and 1954.[3][5][6] Hindmarsh graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1955.[7] That same year, she became one of two biology lecturers and the sole female botanist at the New South Wales University of Technology in Ultimo, where she built an herbarium collection for research and teaching and was internationally registered.[4][5] Hindmarsh was aware of the importance of electron microscopy in biological research.[8] She was promoted to senior lecturer of the School of Biological Sciences's botany department in 1959.[3][8]
In 1972, she was promoted to associate professor of botany,[9] and held the post until her retirement on 31 December 1977.[6] In retirement, Hindmarsh continued conducting botanical research in the New South Wales coastal rainforest, such as working on fieldwork and research on a key to rainforest species south of the watershed of the Macleay River.[4][5] She never finished her work on the project because her colleague John Waterhouse died suddenly in 1983.[5] Hindmarsh worked on making cabinets, woodcarving and playing croquet in her spare time. She also qualified as a croquet coach and referee and was appointed a life member of the Mosman Croquet Club.[4] Hindmarsh was also a foundation council member of the Linnean Society of New South Wales between 1970 and 1974.[3][5]
Death
She had
Legacy
Ken Anderson of The Daily Telegraph wrote of her legacy: "Mary Hindmarsh was a pioneering botanist and academic who contributed to the cause of women in science."[4] A rector at the New South Wales University of Technology described Hindmarsh as "a pioneering botanist and academic, a conscientious and caring teacher, a fair and just administrator, and someone who made a contribution to women in science, especially at UNSW."[8]
Bibliography
- Hindmarsh, Mary Maclean (1955). A Study of the Effects of Certain Substances on Cell Division and Root Growth. University of Sydney.
References
- ^ "125 Years of Women in Medicine" (PDF). mdhs.unimelb.edu.au. University of Melbourne.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-57607-090-1.
- ^ a b c d e "Hindmarsh, Mary (1921–2000)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. 2006. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021 – via Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Anderson, Ken (28 July 2000). "Trailblazer for women in science / Obituaries". The Daily Telegraph. p. 115. Retrieved 20 April 2021 – via Gale OneFile: News.
- ^ ISBN 1-57607-090-5.
- ^ a b c d "Senior Staff on Move – Associate Professor Hindmarsh". UNIKEN (20). The University of New South Wales: 3. 5 December 1977 – 24 February 1978. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ Hindmarsh, Mary Maclean (1955), A study of the effects of certain substances on cell division and root growth, retrieved 30 April 2021
- ^ a b c d "Vale Mary Hindmarsh". UNIKEN (6). The University of New South Wales: 14. August 2000. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "History of Australia and New Zealand" (PDF). dro.deakin.edu.au.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Hindm.