Born: 17 March 1911, United Kingdom
Died: 5 January 1982
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: Mary Fauriel Lockett
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Fauriel Lockett, the first female professor at the University of Western Australia, was Wellcome Research Professor of Pharmacology 1963-1972. Prior to that she had been Head of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, London 1951-1962. Her research included studies on diuretics and the role of the kidney in causing oedemal dropsy in heart disease.
Educated Universities of London (bachelor’s degrees in medicine and science and a doctorate of medicine) and Cambridge (PhD in pharmacology).
Chronology
1937
Career position – Church Missionary Society in Egypt
1941
Career position – Junior Beit Memorial Fellow at Cambridge, UK
1945
Career position – Lecturer in Pharmacology at University College, London
1950
Career position – Senior Lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Glasgow
1951 – 1962
Career position – Head of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Chelsea College of Science and Technology, London
1962 – 1963
Career position – Senior Research Fellow, University of Birmingham and Honorary Reader at Chelsea
1963 – 1972
Career position – Wellcome Research Professor of Pharmacology, University of Western Australia