Mary Fauriel Lockett

Mary Fauriel Lockett
FRCP FRACP
Born(1911-03-17)17 March 1911
Weaste, Salford, Manchester, England
Died5 January 1982(1982-01-05) (aged 70)
Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
EducationCheltenham Ladies' College
Alma materLondon School of Medicine for Women (BSc, MB)
University of London (MD)
Newnham College, Cambridge (PhD)
Employer(s)Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Church Mission Society
University of Glasgow
University of Birmingham
University of Western Australia
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
OrganizationRoyal College of Physicians

Mary Fauriel Lockett (17 March 1911 – 5 January 1982) was an English-born Australian pharmacologist, radiologist, missionary and educator. She was Head of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Chelsea College of Science and Technology (1951–1962), taught at other British universities, and was the first female professor at the University of Western Australia. She identified a previously unknown steroid in cholesterol associated with cardiovascular disease.

Biography

Lockett was born on 17 March 1911 in Weaste, Salford, Manchester, England.[1][2] Her parents were vicar of Holy Innocents Church, Fallowfield, Harry Duncan Lockett and his wife Mary Lockett (née Hicks).[3][4]

Lockett was educated at Cheltenham Ladies’ College in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, then studied a bachelor's degrees in medicine and science and a doctorate in medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women and the University of London. After graduating as a Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1936, she was admitted as a member of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in 1937.[1]

From 1937, Lockett worked as a pathologist and radiologist for the Anglican Church Missionary Society (CMS) in Old Cairo, Egypt.[2][5][6] She returned to England in 1940, suffering from dengue fever, amoebic dysentery and hypoplastic anaemia.[1]

Lockett was awarded a Beit Memorial Fellowship for Medical Research,[7] which enabled her to study a PhD in pharmacology at Newnham College, Cambridge, from 1944 to 1946.[8] Her thesis was an account of two bases which were obtained from urine and which, when injected intravenously, raised the blood pressure of cats.[9] Following her PhD, Lockett lectured at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.[5] From 1951 to 1962, Lockett was Head of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at Chelsea College of Science and Technology in London.[6] From 1962 to 1963 she was a research fellow at the University of Birmingham.[5]

In 1963, Lockett emigrated to Australia and was appointed the Wellcome Foundation research professor of pharmacology at the University of Western Australia, becoming the first female professor at the institution. She secured funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia and the National Heart Foundation of Australia to study cardiology, nephrology, endocrinology and physiology.[1] Her research included studies on diuretics and the role of the kidney in causing dropsy in heart disease.[10] She identified a previously unknown steroid in cholesterol associated with cardiovascular disease. She collaborated with colleagues in the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO).[1]

Lockett was elected a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Physicians in 1973, but retired later that year due to ill health.[11] She died on 5 January 1982 in Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, aged 70.[1][12]

Archives related to Lockett are held at the archives of the University of Western Australia.[13][14]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Birman, Wendy (2012), "Mary Fauriel (Mary) Lockett (1911–1982)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 18, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 17 May 2026
  2. 1 2 Lady's Who's who. Pallas Publishing Company. 1938. p. 262.
  3. ↑ World Who's who in Science: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Scientists from Antiquity to the Present. Marquis-Who's Who, Incorporated. 1968. p. 1058.
  4. ↑ Lancashire: Biographies, Rolls of Honour. R. J. James. 1917. p. 258.
  5. 1 2 3 McCarthy, G. J.; Walker, R. (13 December 2006) [1993-10-20]. "Lockett, Mary Fauriel (Fauriel) - Bright Sparcs Biographical entry". The University of Melbourne eScholarship Research Centre. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 "Lockett, Mary Fauriel (Fauriel) - Person". Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Lockett, Mary Fauriel". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  8. ↑ Newnham College Register, 1871-1950. Vol. 2. Newnham College. 1965. p. 615.
  9. ↑ Cambridge, University of (1941). Abstracts of Dissertations Approved for the Ph.D., M.Sc., and M.Litt. Degrees in the University of Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. p. 22.
  10. ↑ "Dr Fauriel Lockett". Infinite Women. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  11. ↑ Who's who in Australia. Vol. 22. The Herald. 1977. p. 672.
  12. ↑ Proceedings of the Australian Physiological and Pharmacological Society. Ramsay Ware Stockland. 1982. p. 6.
  13. ↑ "Mary Fauriel Lockett - Records". Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  14. ↑ McCarthy, Gavan (1991). Guide to the Archives of Science in Australia: Records of Individuals. Thorpe. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-909532-97-0.
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