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== Katherine Coward == |
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Katherine Hope Coward was born on 2nd July |
Katherine Hope Coward was born on 2nd July 1885. Katherine studied Botany major and graduated M.sc from University of Manchester. After few years she joined University College London to study biochemistry and her research on Vitamin-A paved way for her being nominated to Fellow of Chemical society in 1923. |
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In 1937 she was elected |
In 1937 she was elected as an honorary member of Pharmaceuticals Society and retired in 1950. |
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Katherine Coward
Katherine Hope Coward was born on 2nd July 1885. Katherine studied Botany major and graduated M.sc from University of Manchester. After few years she joined University College London to study biochemistry and her research on Vitamin-A paved way for her being nominated to Fellow of Chemical society in 1923.
She continued her studies and research on Vitamin-A in Department of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison. On her return to Britain she led the newly formed vitamin testing department of Pharmaceuticals Society’s Pharmacological laboratories, during this time she contributed to 62 research papers.[1]
In 1937 she was elected as an honorary member of Pharmaceuticals Society and retired in 1950.
She died at the age of 93.
References
- ^ Rayner-Canham, Marelene; Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey. Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists.http://books.google.com/books?id=yD_XlVSwJbcC&pg=PA493&lpg=PA493&dq=Katherine+Coward+biochemist&source=bl&ots=wMVfQ1umFB&sig=HBGCK6SwB_HHPV_B9J-Tj_dp4MU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=COaZU5KfI-aP7AberYDQDA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Katherine%20Coward%20biochemist&f=false