Florence Mary Taylor Architect

Florence Mary Taylor CBE (née Parsons) (born 29 December 1879, Bedminster, England and died 13 February 1969, Sydney, Australia) was the first qualified female architect and the first woman to train as an engineer in Australia. She was also the first woman in Australia to fly in a heavier-than-air craft in 1909. However she is best known for her role as publisher, editor and writer for the influential building industry trade journals established in 1907 with her husband George, which she ran and expanded after his death in 1928 until her retirement in 1961.

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Florence Mary Taylor
Birth dateDecember 29, 1879
Birth place
Somerset , Bedminster Bristol
Date of deathFebruary 13, 1969
Place of death
Potts Point New South Wales

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Awards
Order of the British Empire

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