| Revision as of 10:04, 22 November 2014 editRjwilmsi (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers932,083 editsm Journal cites, added 1 PMID using AWB (10498)← Previous edit | Revision as of 06:43, 12 January 2015 edit undoSer Amantio di Nicolao (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Administrators6,299,278 edits →References: add category using AWBNext edit → | ||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
| * {{cite journal |last=Harris |first=Henry |title=Howard Florey and the Development of Penicillin |journal=Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London |date=May 1999 |volume=53 |issue=2 |publisher=The Royal Society |doi=10.1098/rsnr.1999.0078 |ref=harv |jstor=532209}} | * {{cite journal |last=Harris |first=Henry |title=Howard Florey and the Development of Penicillin |journal=Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London |date=May 1999 |volume=53 |issue=2 |publisher=The Royal Society |doi=10.1098/rsnr.1999.0078 |ref=harv |jstor=532209}} | ||
| {{Persondata | |||
| | NAME = Jennings, Margaret | |||
| ⚫ | {{UK-scientist-stub}} | ||
| | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | |||
| | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | |||
| | DATE OF BIRTH = 1904 | |||
| | PLACE OF BIRTH = | |||
| | DATE OF DEATH = 1994 | |||
| | PLACE OF DEATH = | |||
| }} | |||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| Line 20: | Line 26: | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | |||
| ⚫ | {{UK-scientist-stub}} | ||
Revision as of 06:43, 12 January 2015
Margaret Augusta Jennings (1904–1994) was a British scientist who was part of the group at the University of Oxford under Howard Florey who worked on the clinical application of penicillin.
Career
Margaret Jennings joined the University of Oxford's Sir William Dunn School of Pathology under Howard Florey in 1936. By 1938, she was part of the team led by Florey investigating the production and applications of penicillin. Jennings undertook animal work as well as research on bacteriology. As part of testing, Jennings assayed the toxicity of penicillin extracts against white cells of the blood.
Personal life
Jennings married Howard Florey in 1967 after the death of his first wife Mary Ethel Florey.
References
- Abraham, A.P. (November 1971). "Howard Walter Florey. Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston. 1898-1968". Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the Royal Society. 17: 265. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1971.0011. JSTOR 769709. PMID 11615426.
- Bud, Robert (May 2013). "Discoverers and developers of penicillin (act. 1928–1950)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
- Harris 1999, pp. 243–252.
- Harris 1999, p. 249.
- Harris, Henry (May 1999). "Howard Florey and the Development of Penicillin". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 53 (2). The Royal Society. doi:10.1098/rsnr.1999.0078. JSTOR 532209.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help)
 | This article about a British scientist is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |