Leonie Kramer
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Dame Leonie Kramer AC, DBE |
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| Born |
Leonie Judith Gibson 1 October 1924 Melbourne, Australia |
| Died | 20 April 2016 (aged 91) Sydney, Australia |
| Alma mater |
University of Melbourne University of Oxford |
| Spouse(s) | Harry Kramer (1952–1988, his death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Alfred & Gertrude Gibson |
Dame Leonie Judith Kramer, AC, DBE (1 October 1924 – 20 April 2016) was an Australian academic, educator and professor. She is notable as the first female professor of English in Australia, first woman to chair the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the first female chancellor of the University of Sydney. She was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire and a Companion of the Order of Australia.
Kramer was born Leonie Gibson to Alfred and Gertrude Gibson in Melbourne on 1 October 1924. She was educated at Presbyterian Ladies' College, Melbourne, and entered the University of Melbourne in 1942, where she was a resident in the women's section of Trinity College, known as Janet Clarke Hall, and was awarded an A. M. White entrance scholarship. She took her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1945, and later attended Oxford University where she graduated Doctor of Philosophy in 1953. During her postgraduate years at Oxford she tutored at St Hugh's College.
Kramer was appointed a lecturer in English in 1958, then senior lecturer and finally an associate professor in English at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). At UNSW, she helped Elizabeth Webby in her master's thesis. Webby would later take chair of Kramer at UNSW. Kramer remained at UNSW until 1968, when she was appointed Professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney, the first female professor of English in Australia. She was Visiting Professor at Harvard University's Chair of Australian Literature Studies (1981–82). She was an Emeritus Professor of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney.
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