Elizabeth Gregory OBE (4 March 1901 – 22 October 1983) was a New Zealand university professor of home science. She was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 4 March 1901.
In 1953, Gregory was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal. In the 1961 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
One of Gregory's students was professor of education, Barbara Calvert.
Selected works
- Good nutrition : principles and menus, 1940
- A study of some New Zealand dietaries, 1934
- A study of fat metabolism with special reference to nutrition on diets devoid of fat, 1932
Legacy
- Elizabeth Gregory Scholarship at University of Otago
References
- Taylor, Leah. "Elizabeth Gregory". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 163. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- "No. 42233". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1960. p. 8928.
- Calvert, Barbara (1941). The determination of the ascorbic acid content of New Zealand tomatoes, tomato products and tree tomatoes using the spekker photoelectric absorptiometer (Master of Home Science thesis). University of Otago.
- "Scholarships and Prizes, Centre for Materials Science and Technology, University of Otago, New Zealand". www.otago.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
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