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Derham, Enid (1882 - 1941)

Born
24 March 1882
Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
Died
13 November 1941
Kew, Victoria, Australia
Occupation
Academic and Poet

Summary

Educated at Presbyterian Ladies College and the University of Melbourne, Enid Derham graduated (BA) in classical philology in 1903 and her MA (Hons) in 1905. After tutoring in English at Trinity and Ormond colleges she spent six months at Oxford studying Anglo-Saxon and Old English. A member of 'The Catalysts' in 1912 she was a foundation member of both the Lyceum Club and the Classical Association of Victoria. Also her publications The Mountain Road and Other Verses and Empire, a Morality Play for Children were released in 1912. From 1922 until her death Derham was a lecturer in English Language and Literature at the University of Melbourne. In 1958 her second volume of poetry was published posthumously.

Sources used to compile this entry: Alexander, Joseph A (ed.), Who's Who in Australia, 1941, The Herald and Weekly Times, Melbourne, 748 pp; Palmer, Imelda, 'Derham, Enid (1882-1941)', in Australian Dictionary of Biography Online, Australian National University, 2006, http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080308b.htm; Serle, Percival, Dictionary of Australian biography, vol. 1 of 2, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1949.

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The University of Melbourne Archives

  • Archives of Enid Derham, 1893 - 1946, 83/135; Derham, Enid (1882 - 1941); The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Archives of Enid Derham, 1901 - 1929, 86/78; Derham, Enid (1882 - 1941); The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Archives of Enid Derham, 1894 - 1913, 84/30; Derham, Enid (1882 - 1941); The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Derham, Dorothy Lush, 1884 - 1924, 93/18; Derham, Dorothy Lush; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • Photographs taken by Enid Derham, 1920 - 1929, 94/6; Derham, Enid (1882 - 1941); The University of Melbourne Archives. Details
  • RIDLEY, RONALD THOMAS, 1899 - 1925, 93/157; The University of Melbourne Archives. Details

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