Born: 21 November 1886, Australia
Died: 21 June 1945
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: NA
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Gwynneth Buchanan became a Lecturer in 1921 and a Senior Lecturer in 1925 in Zoology at the University of Melbourne. Her much used text “Elements of Animal Morphology” was published in 1921. Prior to this she tutored biology at the secondary school and tertiary levels
Chronology
1908
Education – Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne
1909
Career position – Junior Demonstrator in Biology, University of Melbourne
1910
Education – Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne
1910 – 1913
Career position – Tutor in Biology at Queen’s College, University of Melbourne
1910 – 1920
Career position – Senior Biology Mistress, Presbyterian Ladies’ College
1913 – 1914
Career position – Research on the embryology of Australian marsupials at University College, London
1914 – 1916
Career position – Public Examiner in Anatomy and Physiology
c. 1914 – c. 1916
Career position – Tutor in Biology at Queen’s, Ormond and Trinity colleges, University of Melbourne
1915
Career position – Government scholarship – for inquiry into human embryology
1916
Education – Doctor of Science (DSc), University of Melbourne
1919 – 1922
Career position – Public Examiner in Animal Morphology and Physiology
1920
Career position – Lecturer-in-charge of Biology, University of Western Australia
1921 – 1924
Career position – Lecturer in Zoology, University of Melbourne
1922
Career event – Elected Associate Member (Zoology), Australian National Research Council
1925 – 1944
Career position – Senior Lecturer in Zoology, University of Melbourne
1926
Career position – Acting Head of Department, University of Melbourne
1935
Career position – Founding member of the McCoy Society for Research and Investigation
1937 – 1938
Career event – Leader, excursion to King Island, McCoy Society for Research and Investigation