Dame Margaret Blackwood

Geneticist
Born
26 April 1909, South Yarra, Victoria
Died
1 June 1986, East Melbourne, Victoria
Sex
Female
Father
Robert Leslie Blackwood [qv]
Mother
Muriel Pearl Henry (schoolteacher)

Degrees

1938Bachelor of ScienceThe University of Melbourne
1939Master of ScienceThe University of Melbourne

Career

  • LLD hc Melb 1983, PhD Cantab 1954.
  • Botanist and geneticist.
  • Reader in Genetics and Deputy Chancellor, UMelb.
  • MBE 1964, DBE 1981.

Military service

  • Second World War: Wing Officer RAAF.

Sources

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