Phyllis Turner Explained

Phyllis Mary Turner (c. 1913  - 24 June 2009)^[1] was an Australian woman who was the second oldest person to have received a master's degree. Having left school at age 12, Turner returned to study at the age of 70, to study Anthropology. Turner was awarded her Medical Science master's degree, at the age of 94, from Adelaide University in August, 2007.^[2]

See also

• Nola Ochs, who became Guinness World Record holder as the world's oldest college graduate in 2007 ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Obituary in the Adelaide Advertiser, 27 June 2009
2. News: McGuirk . Rod . 2007-08-03 . 94-year-old graduates with master's degree . USA Today . https://web.archive.org/web/20110814004543/https://www.usatoday.com/news/topstories/2007-08-03-2580999733_x.htm . 2011-08-14.
3. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=3167970 "95-Year-Old Woman Graduates from College"
4. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna18338864 "Woman, 95, set to be oldest college graduate"
5. http://www.fhsu.edu/currentevents/display_event.php?id=2941 "94-year-old travels thru most of century toward FHSU degree"