Lydall ryan biography samples

Australian academic and historian (1943–2024)

Lyndall Ryan, AM, FAHA (14 April 1943 – 30 April 2024) was an Australian academic and historian.

She held positions in Australian studies and women's studies at Griffith University and Flinders University and was the foundation professor of Australian studies and head of the School of Humanities at the University of Newcastle from 1998 to 2005.

She was later a conjoint professor in the Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle.

Early life

Ryan was born on 14 April 1943 at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney. She was one of three children born to Edna Minna Ryan (née Nelson) and John Francis Edwin Michael Ryan.^[1] Ryan's parents were left-wing activists who were former members of the Communist Party of Australia; her father was a butcher by profession.^[1] Her mother, a public servant, was a prominent feminist and represented the Australian Labor Party on t