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Life Summary

Name	Ann Veronica Moyal
Alternative Names	Ann Veronica Hurley Ann Veronica Mozley Ann Veronica Cousins
Born	23 February, 1926 Northbridge, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 July, 2019 (aged 93) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Education *	Canberra High School (student) Wenona School (North Sydney) (student) University of Sydney (1943-1946) Women's College (University of Sydney) (student, 1943-1946) University of London (student, 1947-1947)
Occupation or Descriptor *	historian (general) (1958-1970) Australian Capital Territory, Australia historian of science (1958-1970) Australian Capital Territory, Australia historian (general) (1972-1977) New South Wales, Australia historian (general) (1977-1980) Queensland, Australia autobiographer/memoirist (1990-2014) Australian Capital Territory, Australia historian (general) (1990-2019) Australian Capital Territory, Australia historian of science (1990-2019) Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Awards	Member of the Order of Australia (recipient, 1993) Centenary Medal (recipient, 2001)
Key Organisations *	Australian Science History Club (patron) Royal Society of New South Wales (fellow, ?-2019) WISENET (member) Colonial Science Club (member, 1987) Independent Scholars Association of Australia (president, 1995-2000) Independent Scholars Association of Australia (member, 1995-2019) Australian Academy of the Humanities (honorary fellow, 1997-2019)
Workplaces *	Australian Dictionary of Biography (ANU) (assistant editor, 1958-1962) Australian Academy of Science (research associate, 1962-1965) University of Technology (Sydney) (lecturer, 1971-1976) Science Policy Research Centre (Griffith University) (director, 1977-1979) University of Sydney (government and public administration) (visiting fellow, 1979-1980) Australian National University (history) (visiting fellow, 1980-1983)

* Dates are approximate