Hope Black | |
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| Born | Jessica Hope MacPherson 1919 |
| Died | 25.01.2018 Victoria Australia |
| Citizenship | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne |
| Known for | First female curator at the National Museum of Victoria |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Malacology, marine biology |
| Institutions | National Museum of Victoria |
Hope Black (née MacPherson, 1919 – 25 January 2018) was an Australian scientist, a marine biologist and malacologist.[1][2] In 1937 she started working at the National Museum of Victoria. Subsequently, she became Curator of Molluscs at the museum in 1946. One of the first four women to carry out research in the sub-Antarctic in 1959. She was the National Museum's first female curator. When she married in 1965, she was forced to leave the museum, and instead became a science teacher for thirteen years. In 2019 Lake Macpherson on Macquarie Island was named for her.
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