• Entry type: Person
  • Entry ID: AWE0211

Jennings, Vera

  • Birth name Jennings, Vera Crowthe
(1899 – 1986)
  • Born 20 September 1899, Mildura, Victoria, Australia
  • Died 14 February 1986, Aireys Inlet, Victoria, Australia
  • Occupation Academic, Lecturer

Summary

Vera Jennings was among the first group of 58 students to graduate in the Arts Honours course at the University of Melbourne in 1920-21. She was the only daughter of Ethel, née Crowther and James Davies Jennings (-1951).

Jennings then joined the English Department as a tutor (1927-) before becoming an Acting Lecturer ( -1938, March 1942- ), a Lecturer (1947-) and finally a Senior Lecturer (1951-). She retired on 28 February 1965.

Archival resources

  • The University of Melbourne Archives
    • Jennings, Vera

Published resources