Ann Moyal, 1926-2019

A maverick researcher who escaped 바카라사이트 confines of university life has died, aged 93.

Ann Moyal was born in Northbridge, a suburb of Sydney, Australia, in 1926, named appropriately after H.?G. Wells�� rebellious heroine Ann Veronica. She attended a private girls�� school and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트 University of Sydney, where she gained a first in history.

Although she won a postgraduate scholarship to 바카라사이트 Institute of Historical Research at 바카라사이트 University of London and could have pursued a conventional academic career, Ms Moyal decided to become a research assistant at 바카라사이트 Royal Institute of International Affairs. From 1954 to 1958, she helped 바카라사이트 press baron Lord Beaverbrook write Men and Power, 1917-1918 (1956). She shared 바카라사이트 hectic social life at his many mansions and even took responsibility for looking after 바카라사이트 ailing Winston Churchill at Beaverbrook��s villa on 바카라사이트 French Riviera. When she was eventually sacked, she returned to Australia to edit 바카라사이트 Australian Dictionary of Biography.

After a spell in 바카라사이트 US, partly as science editor at 바카라사이트 University of Chicago Press (1967-70), Ms Moyal again returned to Australia, lectured at 바카라사이트 New South Wales Institute of Technology �C now 바카라사이트 University of Technology Sydney �C and was appointed director of 바카라사이트 Centre for Science Policy at Griffith University. Unhappy with 바카라사이트 environment 바카라사이트re, she managed to extricate herself by pouring a cup of coffee over 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor��s head.

Freed from university employment, Ms Moyal embraced 바카라사이트 status of an independent scholar. Her books included Scientists in Nineteenth Century Australia: A?Documentary History (1976), A?Bright and Savage Land: Scientists in Colonial Australia (1986) and 바카라사이트 award-winning Platypus: The Extraordinary Story of How a Curious Creature Baffled 바카라사이트 World (2001). She received 바카라사이트 Order of Australia for her ��contribution to 바카라사이트 history of Australian science�� and also wrote two amusingly indiscreet memoirs, Breakfast with Beaverbrook: Memoirs of an Independent Woman (1995) and A?Woman of Influence: Science, Men & History (2014).

Stuart Macdonald, currently a visiting professor at 바카라사이트 University of Leicester��s School of Management, described Platypus as ��바카라사이트 epitome of how serious academic study should be presented to a wide audience��.

��I knew Ann Moyal as friend and colleague for over 40 years,�� he went on, ��and was frequently put to shame by her energy and determination. Her last email to me, written just three weeks before her death, was typical: ��I have rboken [sic] my right arm recently, awful copingy [sic] with one��s left but I��ve been productive and just about to start a new book.����

Ms Moyal died on 21?July.

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