Eliza Rowdon Hall (26 November 1847 – 14 February 1916) was an Australian
philanthropist
Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...
.
Born Eliza Rowdon Kirk, she married the
Sydney
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businessman
Walter Russell Hall
Walter Russell Hall (22 February 1831 – 13 October 1911) was an Australian businessman and philanthropist.
Biography
Hall was born in Kington, Herefordshire, England, eldest son of Walter Hall, glover (later a miller), and his wife Elizabeth ...
in
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...
in April 1874. After Walter's death in 1911, Eliza, who was childless, founded The Walter and Eliza Hall Trust that led to the establishment of the
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
WEHI (), previously known as the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, and as the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, is Australia's oldest medical research institute. Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, who won the Nobel Prize in 1960 for ...
, using funds earned from Hall's business interests to establish the Trust. Grants from the Trust led to the establishment of the
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research
WEHI (), previously known as the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, and as the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, is Australia's oldest medical research institute. Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet, who won the Nobel Prize in 1960 for ...
.
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1847 births
1916 deaths
Australian women philanthropists
Philanthropists from Melbourne
19th-century Australian women
20th-century Australian women
19th-century philanthropists
19th-century women philanthropists
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