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Barnard, Mildred Macfarlan (1908 - 2000)

Biometrician and Mathematician

Born: 5 August 1908 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Died: 9 March 2000.

Mildred Macfarlan Barnard was an assistant biometrician at CSIR Divisions of Forest Products and Animal Health 1936-41. She resumed her career in 1956, demonstrating and later lecturing in the Mathematics Department of the University of Queensland.

Career Highlights

Alternative Names: Prentice, Mildred Macfarlan (married name)

Chronology
1931 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1932 Master of Arts (MA) completed at the University of Melbourne
1933 - 1934 Tutor at Janet Clarke Hall and Trinity College at the University of Melbourne
1936 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at University College London
1936 - 1941 Assistant Biometrician in the Divisions of Forest Products and Animal Health at CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)
1941 - 1956 Some part-time lecturing at the University of Melbourne and tutoring at the Women's College
1956 - 1970 Demonstrator in the Mathematics Department at the University of Queensland
1970 - 1978 Lecturer in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Queensland
1972 First Chairwoman of the Brisbane Branch of the International Biometrics Society, Australasian Region

Online Sources

'Barnard, Mildred Macfarlan', in Physics in Australia to 1945, R.W. Home, with the assistance of Paula J. Needham, Australian Science Archives Project, June 1995, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/physics/P001596p.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 15 September 2004

Published by The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre on ASAPWeb, 1994 - 2007
Originally published 1994-1999 by Australian Science Archives Project, 1999-2006 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre
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