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Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897 - 1968)

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Haematologist

Born: 12 June 1897 Lindfield, New South Wales, Australia. Died: 30 July 1968 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

Lucy Meredith Bryce worked at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne 1922-28, 1934-46, and at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1939-44. She was also a clinical pathologist and Director of the Blood Transfusion Service 1929-54. Bryce is commemorated by the Lucy Bryce Hall at the Central Blood Bank, Melbourne.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1918 Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Melbourne
1922 Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS) completed at the University of Melbourne
1922 - 1928 Research post at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI)
1925 - 1926 Research post at the Lister Institute in London
1928 - 1934 Bacteriologist and Clinical Pathologist at the Melbourne Hospital
1929 - 1954 Honorary Director of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service
1934 - 1940s Private practice as a Clinical Pathologist
1934 - 1946 Research at WEHI (part-time)
1939 - 1944 Research (part-time) at the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL)
c. 1940 - c. 1945 Visiting Specialist with the rank of major at the 115^th Australian General Hospital in Heidelberg, Victoria
1951 Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1954 - 1960s Honorary Director of Pathology at the Queen Victoria Hospital
1954 - 1966 Chairman of the Transfusion Committee of the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service

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'Bryce, Lucy Meredith (1897-1968), Biographical Entry', in Australian Women's Archives Project, National Foundation for Australian Women, 2002, http://www.womenaustralia.info/biogs/IMP0102b.htm.

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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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