Florence Eleanor Schonell (31 October 1902 – 22 May 1962) was a Colony of Natal-born Australian educational scientist known for her work with children affected by cerebral palsy and dyslexia.
The daughter of Francis William de Bracey Waterman, an English-born furniture dealer, and Maud Rebecca Turner, she was born Florence Eleanor de Bracey Waterman in Durban.
With Professor J. M. Smellie, she developed procedures for measuring intellectual and academic characteristics of children with cerebral palsy.
Schonell also helped establish the Carlson House School for Spastics in 1948 and worked as a part-time educational psychologist there.
[1] She returned to Australia, where she worked with the Queensland Spastic Children's Welfare League, serving on its medical and educational house committee from 1951 to 1961.