MBE, ARRC

Born

1890?
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Died

1963

Occupation

Pathologist, Bacteriologist and Nurse

Summary

Fanny Eleanor Williams was one of the first three staff members of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research. She was responsible for the training and control of technicians, and according to Sir Macfarlane Burnet and Dr Ian Wood, 'she was the channel through which serological techniques developed in Melbourne'. Fanny Williams was awarded the Royal Red Cross Medal (2nd Class) on 1 January 1917 for her work in the Australian Army Nursing Service. She was appointed MBE - The Order of the British Empire - Member (Civil) - 13 June 1957, for her work at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute.

Sources used to compile this entry: 'Williams, Fanny Eleanor (1890? - 1963), Biographical Entry', in Bright Sparcs, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, 2002, http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P002759b.htm; Fenner, Frank (ed.), History of Microbiology in Australia, Australian Society for Microbiology, Canberra, 1990. p.562..