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On her return to Britain she led the newly formed vitamin testing department of Pharmaceuticals Society’s Pharmacological laboratories.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rayner-Canham|first1=Marelene|last2=Rayner-Canham|first2=Geoffrey|title=Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists |
On her return to Britain she led the newly formed vitamin testing department of Pharmaceuticals Society’s Pharmacological laboratories.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rayner-Canham|first1=Marelene|last2=Rayner-Canham|first2=Geoffrey|title=Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yD_XlVSwJbcC&pg=PA493}}</ref> In 1937 she was elected as an honorary member of [[Pharmaceuticals Society]] and retired in 1950. |
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Katherine Hope Coward was a British pharmacologist.
Early life and education
Coward was born on 2 July 1885. She studied Botany and graduated M.sc from University of Manchester. After a few years she joined University College London to study biochemistry and her research on Vitamin-A paved way for her to being nominated to the Fellow of Chemical society in 1923. She continued her studies and research on Vitamin-A in the Department of Agricultural Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Career
On her return to Britain she led the newly formed vitamin testing department of Pharmaceuticals Society’s Pharmacological laboratories.[1] In 1937 she was elected as an honorary member of Pharmaceuticals Society and retired in 1950.
Death
Coward died at the age of 93 on July 8, 1978.
References
- ^ Rayner-Canham, Marelene; Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey. Chemistry Was Their Life: Pioneering British Women Chemists.