Derham, Enid (1882-1941)

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Academic and Poet; academic; poet
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DERHAM, ENID (1882-1941), university lecturer and poet, was born on 24 March 1882 at Hawthorn, Melbourne, eldest daughter of Thomas Plumley Derham, Bristol-born solicitor, and his wife Ellen Hyde, née Hodgson, of Melbourne. Enid was educated first at Hessle College, Camberwell, then at the Presbyterian Ladies' College. Hers was the last generation of P.L.C. girls to be educated in the strictly classical tradition. Having won a non-resident exhibition to Ormond College, she entered the University of Melbourne in 1900. She completed a B.A. degree under Professor T. G. Tucker in classical philology in 1903, with first place and first-class honours, and was awarded a scholarship to complete her M.A. In December 1904 she won the Shakespeare scholarship, and in 1905 gained first-class honours (and second place) in modern languages and literature.

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Educated at Presbyterian Ladies College and the University of Melbourne, Enid Derham graduated (BA) in classical philology in 1903 and her MA (Hons) in 1905. After tutoring in English at Trinity and Ormond colleges she spent six months at Oxford studying Anglo-Saxon and Old English. A member of 'The Catalysts' in 1912 she was a foundation member of both the Lyceum Club and the Classical Association of Victoria. Also her publications The Mountain Road and Other Verses and Empire, a Morality Play for Children were released in 1912. From 1922 until her death Derham was a lecturer in English Language and Literature at the University of Melbourne. In 1958 her second volume of poetry was published posthumously.

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Australian Dictionary of Biography Online

  1. 'Derham, Enid (1882 - 1941)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8, p. 289.
    Imelda Palmer
    [1981]
    Published: Melbourne University Press

Australian Women's Register

  1. Poems
    Derham, Enid
    [1958]
    Published: Melbourne University Press
  2. How the animals came to Australia : an uncensored account
    Derham, Enid
    [1930]
  3. Empire : a morality play for children
    Derham, Enid
    [1912]
    Published: [Victoria League of Victoria]
  4. The mountain road and other verses
    Derham, Enid
    [1912]
    Published: Osboldstone & Co.
  5. Notes on the school treasury of English literature. Section 1
    Derham, Enid
    [1911]
    Published: Thomas C. Lothian
  6. Two centuries : selections from English prose and poetry of the 18th and 19th centuries
    Ellis, Adele and Derham, Enid
    [1904]
  7. Derham, Enid (1882-1941)Australian Dictionary of Biography Online 08 : Derham, Enid (1882-1941)
    Palmer, Imelda
    [2006]
    Published: Australian National University
    Series: http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A080308b.htm
  8. Melbourne University portraits : they called it "The Shop"
    Paper-Clip Collective.
    [1996]
    Published: Dept. of History, University of Melbourne with the assistance of the History of the University Unit
  9. Jessie Webb, a memoir
    Ridley, Ronald T
    [1994]
    Published: University of Melbourne, Department of History
  10. Who's Who in Australia, 1941
    Alexander, Joseph A
    Published: The Herald and Weekly Times
  11. Dictionary of Australian biography
    Serle, Percival
    [1949]
    Published: Angus & Robertson
  12. Australian women writers : a bibliographic guide
    Adelaide, Debra
    [1988]
    Published: Pandora Press
  13. Degrees of liberation : a short history of women in the University of Melbourne
    Kelly, Farley
    [1985]
    Published: Women Graduates Centenary Committee, University of Melbourne
  14. The University of Melbourne Archives: Archives of Enid Derham (1894 - 1913)
    Note books for verse 1894, 1897, 1898; Poems 1902-1904, 1907- 1913; "Silhouettes and other Sketches" n.d.; photographs; publications including "The Mountain Road" and "Empire".
    84/30
  15. The University of Melbourne Archives: Archives of Enid Derham (1901 - 1929)
    Poems that were unpublished in an envelope labelled "Discarded poems, Enid Derham".
    86/78
  16. The University of Melbourne Archives: Archives of Enid Derham (1893 - 1946)
    Correspondence and family papers 1893-1946; writings of family papers 1893-1918; personal papers; essays talks 1903-1926; manuscripts; poetry and prose 1896-1931; newspaper cuttings 1913-1941; scrapbook 1907.
    83/135
  17. The University of Melbourne Archives: Photographs taken by Enid Derham (1920 - 1929)
    Photographs taken while travelling to, in and from England, 1920's.
    94/6
  18. The University of Melbourne Archives: RIDLEY, RONALD THOMAS (1899 - 1925)
    Material collected in the course of writing a biographical memoir on Jessie Webb: T.A. Pyman's notes of her lctures in Ancient History, 1935; photocopied items, letters; print of photograph of the members of the Princess Ida Club grouped outside the Club Rooms. Enid Derham's photographs taken during her travels in the 1920's.
    93/157
  19. The University of Melbourne Archives: Derham, Dorothy Lush (1884 - 1924)
    Letters from Enid Derham, most to cousin Dorothy Derham, with one to Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, written while abroad, Jan - Dec. 1914 (15) Letters to Dorothy Derham and her aunt, Miss L.C. Taylor, from Mme Jauffret, Paris, giving with news of her family, occasional coments on in France, and compliments on DD's French. 1919, 1922 and 1924 (4). Photograph of students in Tudor costume with autographs (DD not among them). Matriculation Examination Certificate, Carrie Taylor, Oct. 1885; Miss Rosenhain, B.A. (Melb.), teacher: advt. "Shakespearean Oracle" 1884
    93/18

Resources by Enid Derham (8)

  1. The mountain road : for female voices (S.S.A.) and piano / words by Enid Derham ; music by Frank Hutchens
    Hutchens, Frank, 1892-1965
    [ Sheet music : 1964 ]
    At 3 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.371)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 24.371)

  2. Poems / Enid Derham
    Derham, Enid, 1882-1941
    [ Book : 1958 ]
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  3. The mountain road and other verses / by Enid Derham
    Derham, Enid, 1882-1941
    [ Book : 1912 ]
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    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.113)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 19.113)

  4. Notes on the school treasury of English literature. by Enid Derham
    Derham, Enid, 1882-1941
    [ Book : 1911-1912 ]
    At 4 libraries
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  5. How the animals came to Australia : an uncensored account / Enid Derham
    Derham, Enid, 1882-1941
    [ Book : 1930 ]
    At 3 libraries
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  6. Two centuries : selections from English prose and poetry of the 18th and 19th centuries / by Adele Ellis and Enid Derham
    Ellis, Adele
    [ Book : 1904 ]
    At 4 libraries
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  7. Empire : a morality play for children / written for the Victoria League of Victoria by Enid Derham
    Derham, Enid, 1882-1941
    [ Book : 1912 ]
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  8. How the animals came to Australia
    Derham, Enid, 1882-1941
    [ Unpublished : 1900 ]
    At State Library of VIC
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  1. The mountain road : for female voices (S.S.A.) and piano / words by Enid Derham ; music by Frank Hutchens
    Hutchens, Frank, 1892-1965
    [ Sheet music : 1964 ]
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