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OscarFoxtrot · 7th Nov 2018, 7:43 pm

Neither quite as illustrious, but important in their own fields and as it's 100 years since WWI:

Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, GBE (née Fraser; 21 January 1879 – 26 August 1967) was a prominent English botanist and mycologist. During the First World War, she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then as Commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1918 to 1919. For her service she was the first woman to be awarded a military DBE in January 1918. She was the first Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). She was also active in Girl Guides and was honoured with the Silver Fish. She was awarded the Trail Medal by the Linnean Society in 1920.

Another war-related one.

Elsie Widdowson CH CBE FRS (21 October 1906 – 14 June 2000), was a British dietitian and nutritionist. She and Dr Robert McCance were responsible for overseeing the government-mandated addition of vitamins to food and wartime rationing in Britain during World War II. She was one of the first women graduates of Imperial College. She did postgraduate work at the Department of Plant Physiology at Imperial College, receiving a PhD in chemistry in 1931 and also received a doctorate from the Courtauld Institute.

Widdowson and McCance headed the first mandated addition of vitamins and minerals to food. Their work began in the early 1940s, when calcium was added to bread.They were also responsible for formulating the wartime rationing of Britain during World War II. Widdowson and McCance were employed by the Medical Research Council from 1946, and spent most of their working life in Cambridge. They were consulted on the rehabilitation of the victims of severe starvation in Nazi concentration camps, and visited the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark in early 1946 to study of the impact of the poor wartime diet on the people in Nazi-occupied territories. Her work led to revised standards for breast milk substitutes in the UK in the 1980s.

(All from wikipedia)

7th Nov 2018, 7:43 pm	#28
OscarFoxtrot Heptode Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Edinburgh, UK. Posts: 805	Re: Which Scientist on the new £50 Note? Neither quite as illustrious, but important in their own fields and as it's 100 years since WWI: Dame Helen Charlotte Isabella Gwynne-Vaughan, GBE (née Fraser; 21 January 1879 – 26 August 1967) was a prominent English botanist and mycologist. During the First World War, she served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then as Commandant of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1918 to 1919. For her service she was the first woman to be awarded a military DBE in January 1918. She was the first Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). She was also active in Girl Guides and was honoured with the Silver Fish. She was awarded the Trail Medal by the Linnean Society in 1920. Another war-related one. Elsie Widdowson CH CBE FRS (21 October 1906 – 14 June 2000), was a British dietitian and nutritionist. She and Dr Robert McCance were responsible for overseeing the government-mandated addition of vitamins to food and wartime rationing in Britain during World War II. She was one of the first women graduates of Imperial College. She did postgraduate work at the Department of Plant Physiology at Imperial College, receiving a PhD in chemistry in 1931 and also received a doctorate from the Courtauld Institute. Widdowson and McCance headed the first mandated addition of vitamins and minerals to food. Their work began in the early 1940s, when calcium was added to bread.They were also responsible for formulating the wartime rationing of Britain during World War II. Widdowson and McCance were employed by the Medical Research Council from 1946, and spent most of their working life in Cambridge. They were consulted on the rehabilitation of the victims of severe starvation in Nazi concentration camps, and visited the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark in early 1946 to study of the impact of the poor wartime diet on the people in Nazi-occupied territories. Her work led to revised standards for breast milk substitutes in the UK in the 1980s. (All from wikipedia)