Elspeth Smith
Elspeth Smith | |
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| Born | Elspeth Bruce Dunkerley 1923 |
| Died | 3 October 2017 (aged 93–94) |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
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Elspeth Bruce Smith FRSE (1923 – 3 October 2017[1]), née Dunkerley, was a British academic and biochemist.
Smith was educated at Cambridge, London and Aberdeen.[2]
During World War II she was employed by the Ministry of Aircraft Production.[2] Afterwards, she was a research assistant at Cambridge University and at St Bartholomew's Hospital.[2]
In 1955 she was appointed Senior Lecturer at the Middlesex Hospital.[2] In 1968 she became a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen and was subsequently a Reader,[2] then Honorary Research Fellow in Clinical Biochemistry there.[3]
She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (FRSE).[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elspeth Bruce Smith Obituary". The Times. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f Lois Reynolds; Tilli Tansey, eds. (2006). Cholesterol, Atherosclerosis and Coronary Disease in the UK, 1950-2000. Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine. History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group. ISBN 978-0-85484-107-3. OL 8299880M. Wikidata Q29581740.
- ^ a b "RSE Fellows ordered by Area of Expertise as at 11/10/2016" (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
External links
[edit]- Elspeth Smith on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website
- Elspeth B. Smith's research works at ResearchGate
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