Life Summary

Name	Joyce Irene Ackroyd
Alternative Names	Joyce Irene Speed
Born	23 November, 1918 Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 August, 1991 (aged 72) Auchenflower, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cause of Death	lung disease
Education *	Newcastle High School (NSW) (student, 1930-1932) Parramatta High School (Sydney) (student, 1933-1935) University of Sydney (student, 1936-1941) Cambridge University (UK) (student, 1948-1951) Keio University (Japan) (student, 1952-1953) University of Tokyo (Japan) (student, 1952-1953)
Occupation or Descriptor *	academic (1944-1947) New South Wales, Australia Japanese scholar (1944-1947) New South Wales, Australia academic (1952-1965) Australian Capital Territory, Australia Japanese scholar (1952-1965) Australian Capital Territory, Australia academic (1966-1983) Queensland, Australia Japanese scholar (1966-1983) Queensland, Australia
Awards	Officer of the Order of the British Empire (recipient, 1982)
Legacies *	Joyce Ackroyd Building (University of Queensland) (eponym)
Key Organisations *	Australian Academy of the Humanities (fellow, 1983-1991)
Workplaces *	University of Sydney (Japanese) (academic, 1944-1947) Australian National University (Asian studies) (academic, 1952-1956) University of Canberra (academic, 1956-1959) Australian National University (Asian studies) (academic, 1959-1965) University of Queensland (Japanese) (academic, 1966-1983)

* Dates are approximate

Australian Dictionary of Biography