Dyason, Diana Joan - Faculty of Science at the University of Melbourne Biographical entry

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Dyason, Diana Joan (1919 - 1989)

Science historian and Medical historian

Born: 1919. Died: 30 September 1989.

Dyason was Reader in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne 1965-84 and Head of Department 1965-74. She was a Senior Lecturer 1957-65 and had been in charge of the department from 1958. Earlier she worked in physiology.

Career Highlights

Born 1919. Died 30 September 1989. Demonstrator, Physiology Department, University of Melbourne, 1943-49, Department of General Science, later the Department of History and Philosophy of Science, 1950-56, Senior Lecturer 1957-65, Reader, 1965-84, Head of Department 1965-74 and in charge of the department from 1958. Foundation President of the Australasian Association for the History and Philosophy of Science 1967.

Online Resources

'Dyason, Diana Joan (1919 - 1989), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, 2001 edn, 2001, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P000380b.htm.
Polak, Betty, 'Dr Diana ('Ding') Dyason, History and Philosophy of Science', in Profiles of Women in Science and Technology, WISENET, 2001, http://www.usyd.edu.au/wisenet/profiles/dyason.htm.

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Prepared by: Carolyn Rasmussen & Rachel Tropea
Created: 4 September 2001

Published by Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre on AustehcWeb, October 2001
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: http://www.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/about/inquiries.html#comment
Prepared by: Acknowledgements
Updated: 16 November 2009
http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/umfs/biogs/UMFS100b.htm

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