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Dyason, Diana Joan (1919 - 1989)

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Science historian and Medical historian

Born: 1919. Died: 30 September 1989.

Diana Joan 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.

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1943 - 1949 Demonstrator in the Physiology Department at the University of Melbourne
1950 - 1956 Department of General Science, later the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne
1957 - 1965 Senior Lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne
1958 - ? In charge of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne
1965 - 1974 Head of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne
1965 - 1984 Reader in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Melbourne
1967 Foundation President of the Australasian Association for the History and Philosophy of Science

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Polak, Bety, 'Dr Diana ('Ding') Dyason, History and Philosophy of Science', WISENET Journal, vol. 9, February, 1987, http://www.wisenet-australia.org/profiles/dyason.htm. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: McCarthy, G.J.
Created: 20 October 1993
Modified: 10 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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