Marjory Stephenson ( 1885 - 1948 )

Birth: Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England (24 January 1885) Death: Cambridge (12 December 1948) Research Field: Microbiology, biochemistry Education: At home (until aged 12); Berkhampstead High School for Girls; Newnham College, Cambridge (matriculated 1903) Career: Studied, then taught, domestic science (for 5 years); assisted with teaching in R H A Plimmer's laboratory, University College, London (1911); researched animal lactase and the esters of palmitic acid, then later worked on experimental diabetes; worked with the Red Cross in France and Salonika (1914-1918) for which she received the MBE; biochemical department, Cambridge under Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (FRS 1905); studied biochemical activities of bacteria; wrote 'Bacterial Metabolism' (first published 1930); collaborated with Juda Quastel (FRS 1940) on anaerobic growth in bacteria; one of the first two women to be elected to the Royal Society; Reader in Chemical Microbiology, Cambridge University (1947); helped to found the Society for General Microbiology (1945) Honours: MBE 1918 Memberships: Society for General Microbiology (second President 1947) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 22/03/1945.