Pickford, Mary (1902–2002)
Pickford, Mary (1902–2002)
English physiologist. Name variations: Lillian Mary Pickford. Born Lillian Mary Pickford, Aug 14, 1902, in India; died on her 100th birthday, Aug 14, 2002, in Edinburgh, Scotland; degree in physiology at Bedford College, 1925; University College, London, MSc, 1926.
Pioneer of endocrinology, was the 1st woman to be elected to the Pharmacological Society; trained as a doctor at University College Hospital; served as a house physician and as a casualty officer at Stafford General Infirmary (1935); at University of Edinburgh's Department of Physiology, worked as a lecturer (1939–42), reader (1952–66) and professor (1966–72), the 1st woman to be appointed to a professorship in the faculty of medicine there; served as a special professor of endocrinology at University of Nottingham (1973–83); elected a fellow of University College, London (1968); elected a Royal Society fellow (1966).