Dame Ella Annie Noble Macknight, DBE, MRCOG, FRCOG, FAMA, FAGO (7 August 1904, Urana, New South Wales – 1 April 1997,

Malvern, Victoria Malvern () is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 8 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne city centre, Central Business District, located within the City of Stonnington Local government areas of Victoria, loca ...

) was an Australian obstetrician and gynaecologist who worked at the

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. She was appointed as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire on 1 January 1969 for services to medicine. She was educated privately and later attended

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. She earned her MB/BS in 1928 from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb nor ...

, where she was resident from 1923 at Janet Clarke Hall, at that time still the women's residential wing of

Trinity College Trinity College may refer to: Australia * Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales * Trinity Catholic College, Auburn, a coeducational school in the inner-western suburbs of Sydney, New ...

. After qualifying as an obstetrician and gynaecologist (MD, 1931, DGO 1936), she was associated with the

from 1935 to 1977. Her appointments included honorary obstetrician and gynaecologist from 1935 to 1964, vice-president of the Committee of Management for 1963 to 1971 and president from 1971 to 1977. She was president of the Council of the

Royal College of Gynaecologists The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is a professional body, professional association based in London, United Kingdom. Its members, including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and g ...

from 1970 to 1972 and served as chairmen of the Blood Transfusion Committee, Victorian Division of the Red Cross Society from 1964 to 1970 and a member of the Executive of the Victorian Division during the same period.

Honours

Ella Macknight was appointed as a

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for services to medicine on 1 January 1969.

Death

Macknight died on 1 April 1997 in

, aged 92.

Affiliations

* 1951 Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG) * 1958 Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (FRCOG) * 1972 Honorary Doctor of Medicine, Monash University, Victoria * 1973 Fellowship in Australia in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (FAGO) * 1976 Fellow of the Australian Medical Association (FAMA) * 1978 Fellow of the Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Scholarship

''The Ella Macknight Memorial Scholarship'' was established in 1998 by the

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the establishment of high standards of practice in obstetrics and gynaecology and women’s health. The Col ...

in memory of Macknight's contributions to obstetrics and gynaecology.

References

External links

Biography
womenaustralia.info; accessed 12 April 2016. {{DEFAULTSORT:Macknight, Ella 1904 births 1997 deaths People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) Australian obstetricians Australian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Australian Medical Association Medical doctors from Melbourne