Phyllis Turner

Phyllis Mary Turner (c. 1913 24 June 2009)[1] was an Australian woman who was the second oldest person to have received a master's degree. Having left school at age 12, Turner returned to study at the age of 70, to study Anthropology. Turner was awarded her Medical Science master's degree, at the age of 94, from Adelaide University in August, 2007.[2]

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  1. Obituary in the Adelaide Advertiser, 27 June 2009
  2. McGuirk, Rod (2007-08-03). "94-year-old graduates with master's degree". USA Today.
  3. "95-Year-Old Woman Graduates from College", ABC News. Retrieved October 14, 2008
  4. "Woman, 95, set to be oldest college graduate", NBC News, Associated Press, 27 April 2007.
  5. "94-year-old travels thru most of century toward FHSU degree" Archived 2007-05-10 at the Wayback Machine, Fort Hays State University, 11 August 2006.
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