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]

One of Gregory's students was professor of education, Barbara Calvert.^[4]

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^[5]