Margaret Hilda Harper

Margaret Hilda Harper
Margaret Hilda Harper
Born(1879-04-04)4 April 1879
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died2 January 1964(1964-01-02) (aged 84)
Chatswood Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
EducationMB ChM, University of Sydney
Occupation(s)Pediatrician, Medical Writer, Radio Commentator
Parents
  • Andrew Harper (father)
  • Agnes Marion Craig (mother)
RelativesRobert Rainy Harper, Robert Harper

Margaret Hilda Harper (4 April 1879 – 2 January 1964) was an Australian pediatrician, medical writer, and radio commentator.[1] Harper was one of the two physicians who described that coeliac disease in the pancreas and cystic fibrosis were "distinct entities" in the 1930s.[2]

  1. ^ Cowden, Victoria, "Harper, Margaret Hilda (1879–1964)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 11 July 2019
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