Dora Margaret Cumpston

Preferred forename Margaret; married surname Spencer
Entomologist
Born
26 August 1916, Armadale, Victoria
Died
6 January 2011,
Sex
Female
Father
Dr John Howard Lidgett Cumpston [qv]
Mother
Gladys Maeva Walpole (daugher of Dr G A Walpole)
Married Terence Edward Thornton Spencer (med practitioner)

Degrees

1938Bachelor of ScienceThe University of Sydney
1939Master of ScienceThe University of Sydney

Career

  • FACTM 1992.
  • Entomologist.
  • Asst Lecturer and Lecturer in Biology, New Eng Univ Coll 1940-45.
  • Teaching Fellow in Zoology, USyd 1949-50.
  • Malaria entomologist, PNG Dept of Health 1954-61 and 1975-78.

Sources

Other:
  • Annable p113, VicBI 17097/1916, Ryerson.
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