Margot Prior
Margot Prior AO FASSA | |
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Born | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 24 March 1937
Died | 24 August 2020 | (aged 83)
Other names | Margot Ruth Hansen |
Academic background | |
Education | University of Melbourne |
Alma mater | Monash University |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Psychologist |
Sub-discipline | Autism, literacy development |
Institutions | University of Melbourne Royal Children's Hospital La Trobe University |
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Margot Ruth Prior AO FASSA (24 March 1937 – 24 August 2020) was an Australian psychologist, educator and musician. She was professor of psychology at the University of Melbourne where her research focussed on autism and literacy development. She was also director of psychology at the Royal Children's Hospital and was adjunct professor at La Trobe University.
Biography[]
Prior was born on 24 March 1937[1] in Melbourne, Victoria.[2] Prior graduated from the University of Melbourne with a BMus and a BA. She completed an MSc and PhD at Monash University.[3]
Prior was elected a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia in 1992.[3] She was awarded a DSc (honoris causa) by the University of Melbourne and was a Fellow of the Australian Psychological Society.[3]
In the 2004 Australia Day Honours Prior was made an Officer of the Order of Australia for "service to the discipline of psychology in the areas of developmental and clinical psychology and for research leading to significant advances in the care and treatment of children with autism, learning difficulties and anxiety disorders".[4] She was Victorian Senior Australian of the Year in 2006.[5]
Selected works[]
- Prior, Margot R (1996), Understanding specific learning difficulties, Psychology Press, ISBN 978-0-86377-712-7
- Prior, Margot R (5 August 2004), Learning and behavior problems in Asperger syndrome, Guilford Press (published 2003), ISBN 978-1-59385-077-7
- Prior, Margot R (2015), Margot's memoirs, North Fitzroy, Victoria Black Pepper, ISBN 978-1-876044-91-6
Personal[]
Prior's first husband was musician Glenthorne Prior, who drowned when their three children were young. She later married John Hansen.[6] She died on 24 August 2020 due to COVID-19.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Professor Margot Prior AO Death Notice". The Age Tributes. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Prior, Margot Ruth". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c "Academy Fellow: Professor Margot Prior AO, FASSA, FAPS". Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Professor Margot Ruth Prior". It's An Honour. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Professor Margot Prior AO". Australian of the Year. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Vale Professor Margot Prior 1937–2020". Australasian Society for Autism Research. 4 September 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Dissanayake, Cheryl; Wertheim, Eleanor. "Vale Professor Margot Prior". Australian Psychological Society. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
External links[]
- Margot Prior AO bio, The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne
- Professor Margot Prior AO, Citation for the Award of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa)
- 1937 births
- 2020 deaths
- Australian psychologists
- Australian women psychologists
- Officers of the Order of Australia
- University of Melbourne alumni
- Monash University alumni
- University of Melbourne faculty
- La Trobe University faculty
- Fellows of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia