The world today mourns the death of Elizabeth Anne Webby AM FAHA who was an Australian literary critic, editor, and scholar of literature. Emeritus Professor Webby retired from the Chair of Australian Literature at the University of Sydney in 2007. She edited The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature and was editor of Southerly from 1988 to 1999.
Webby was known to have donated her 1974–2002 papers, including correspondence, research, and material relating to Southerly to the State Library of New South Wales on her retirement in June 2007.
Elizabeth Webby’s cause of death: How did Elizabeth Webby die?
Elizabeth Webby lost her life through the cold hands of death on August 6, 2023, at the age of 81. There was no cause of death found at the time of her death.
Elizabeth Webby was born Elizabeth Anne Loder in Sydney on February 9, 1942, to her parents George Loder and his wife Betty Ellis. She completed her secondary education at Presbyterian Ladies’ College, Sydney, and then attended the University of Sydney. She married Barry Webby in 1966.
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