Nelly Hooper Ludbrook

Nelly Hooper Ludbrook MBE (1907–1995) was an Australian geologist and palaeontologist.[1]

Nelly Hooper Woods (better known as Nell Hooper Ludbrook) was born in Yorketown, South Australia on 14 June 1907.[2] Her mother had studied as a teacher at the University of Adelaide in 1900. After attending Mount Barker High School, Nell enrolled in the University of Adelaide in 1926, taking her B.A. in 1928[3] and a teaching degree, as she had not studied enough prerequisite science subjects to enrol in a B.Sc.. She studied geology and mathematics, and appealed to Dr C.T. Madigan to give her a research project in geology. She worked on the fossil mollusc collection of Sir Joseph Verco[4] for many years and pursued her M.A.[1]

  1. ^ a b Goggs, Mary Rose (2 December 1973). "STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA J. D. SOMERVILLE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION: Full transcript of an interview with NELLY HOOPER LUDBROOK" (PDF). STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA J. D. SOMERVILLE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION. STATE LIBRARY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  2. ^ Alley, Neville F. (1996). "Obituary: Nelly Hooper Ludbrook". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 120 (2: 74–77). Retrieved 7 September 2016.
  3. ^ "UNIVERSITY COMMEMORATION. - ADMISSION TO DEGREES. - The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) - 17 December 1928". Advertiser. 17 December 1928. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  4. ^ "FOSSILS 500 MILLION YEARS OLD AT VARSITY - Memorial Collection is Arranged - News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) - 20 July 1936". News. 20 July 1936. Retrieved 8 September 2016.