Elizabeth Morris Exley1927-2007

摘要

Elizabeth Morris Exley was born in Brisbane in 1927, the first child of Arthur Eric John Exley and Elizabeth Francis Morris. Her primary education was at Rainworth State School and from 1941 to 1944 she attended Brisbane Girls' Grammar School, she retained many friends from her school days. Elizabeth completed her B.Sc. at the University of Queensland in 1948, joined the University as a Demonstrator in Zoology and Entomology, and gained B.Sc. Honours in 1950, her research topic was larvae of Trypetidae (fruit flies). She continued to work in the Department until 1952 when she was awarded a fellowship at Imperial College, University of London. Here Elizabeth continued her study of fruit fly larvae, and received a Diploma of Imperial College in 1954.