Elizabeth Gregory

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.[1]

In 1953, Gregory was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[2] In the 1961 New Year Honours, she was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[3]

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[4]

References
  1. Taylor, Leah. "Elizabeth Gregory". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  2. 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.
  3. "No. 42233". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1960. p. 8928.
  4. "Scholarships and Prizes, Centre for Materials Science and Technology, University of Otago, New Zealand". www.otago.ac.nz. Retrieved 12 November 2020.


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