# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mabel-josephine-mackerras
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:11:23.712Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mabel-josephine-mackerras"
name: "Mabel Josephine Mackerras"
slug: "mabel-josephine-mackerras"
description: "Mabel Josephine (Jo) Mackerras  was an Australian zoologist, entomologist and parasitologist. Her research and life's work contributed to entomology, veterinary medicine and medical science. Throughout her life she held a wide range of positions and duties that included Army medical officer, entomologist, medical scientist, and parasitologist. Mackerras was a major during WWII and served in the Army Malaria Research Unit. In an application for King's Birthday Honours her work earned the citation,: \"few women can have made a greater contribution to the Allied war effort\"."
tagline: "Australian zoologist and parasitologist (1896-1971)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mabel_Josephine_Bancroft_Mackerras_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1896-08-07"
deathDate: "1971-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.727272727272728
  historical:           4.6018
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "مابل جوزيفين ماكيراس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Josephine_Mackerras"
    title: "Mabel Josephine Mackerras"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Josephine_Mackerras"
    title: "Mabel Josephine Mackerras"
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  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Josephine_Mackerras"
    title: "Mabel Josephine Mackerras"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._Josephine_Mackerras"
    title: "M. Josephine Mackerras"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6721461"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump