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'''Margaret Augusta Jennings''' (2 December 1904, [[Swanbourne]] – 14 November 1994), née '''Margaret Augusta Fremantle''',<ref name=sb>Ken Harris, [http://www.swanbournehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The-Swanbourne-Fremantles.pdf The Swanbourne Fremantles]</ref> 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]].
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| birth_name = Margaret Augusta Fremantle
| birth_date = 2 December 1904
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| death_date = 14 November 1994
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* Denys Arthur Jennings
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'''Margaret Augusta Jennings, Baroness Florey''' (2 December 1904, [[Swanbourne]] – 14 November 1994), née '''Margaret Augusta Fremantle''',<ref name=sb>Ken Harris, [http://www.swanbournehistory.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The-Swanbourne-Fremantles.pdf The Swanbourne Fremantles]</ref> 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]].


==Education and career==
==Career==
Margaret Jennings joined the [[University of Oxford]]'s [[Sir William Dunn School of Pathology]] under [[Howard Florey]] in 1936.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Abraham|first=A.P.|title=Howard Walter Florey. Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston. 1898-1968.|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|date=November 1971|volume=17|page=265|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1971.0011|pmid=11615426|jstor=769709}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bud|first=Robert|title=Discoverers and developers of penicillin (act. 1928–1950)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/97279|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=15 October 2013|date=May 2013}}</ref> As part of testing, Jennings assayed the toxicity of penicillin extracts against white cells of the blood.{{sfn|Harris|1999|pages=243-252}}
Jennings read [[Philosophy, Politics, and Economics]] at [[Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford]], from 1924.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/alumni/prominent-alumni |title=Prominent alumni |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website=Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford |access-date=30 November 2020}}</ref> She joined the [[University of Oxford]]'s [[Sir William Dunn School of Pathology]] under [[Howard Florey]] in 1936.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Abraham|first=A.P.|title=Howard Walter Florey. Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston. 1898-1968.|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|date=November 1971|volume=17|page=265|doi=10.1098/rsbm.1971.0011|pmid=11615426|jstor=769709|s2cid=29766722}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite ODNB|last=Bud|first=Robert|title=Discoverers and developers of penicillin (act. 1928–1950)|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/theme/97279|access-date=15 October 2013|date=May 2013|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/97279 }}</ref> As part of testing, Jennings assayed the toxicity of penicillin extracts against white cells of the blood.{{sfn|Harris|1999|pages=243-252}}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Margaret married Denys Arthur Jennings in 1930, but the couple divorced in 1946.<ref name=sb/> After 21 years, Jennings married [[Howard Florey]] in 1967 after the death of his first wife [[Mary Ethel Florey]].{{sfn|Harris|1999|page=249}}
Margaret married Denys Arthur Jennings in 1930, but the couple divorced in 1946.<ref name=sb/> After 21 years, Jennings married [[Howard Florey]], her long-time colleague and penicillin researcher, in 1967 after the death of his first wife [[Mary Ethel Florey]].{{sfn|Harris|1999|page=249}}


==References==
==References==
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* {{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 |pages=243–252}}
* {{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 |jstor=532209 |pages=243–252|doi-access=free }}


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Latest revision as of 13:25, 27 November 2024

The Right Honourable
The Lady Florey
Born
Margaret Augusta Fremantle

2 December 1904
Swanbourne, England
Died14 November 1994
Known forpenicillin research
Spouses

Margaret Augusta Jennings, Baroness Florey (2 December 1904, Swanbourne – 14 November 1994), née Margaret Augusta Fremantle,[1] 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.

Education and career

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Jennings read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, from 1924.[2] She joined the University of Oxford's Sir William Dunn School of Pathology under Howard Florey in 1936.[3] 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.[4] As part of testing, Jennings assayed the toxicity of penicillin extracts against white cells of the blood.[5]

Personal life

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Margaret married Denys Arthur Jennings in 1930, but the couple divorced in 1946.[1] After 21 years, Jennings married Howard Florey, her long-time colleague and penicillin researcher, in 1967 after the death of his first wife Mary Ethel Florey.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Ken Harris, The Swanbourne Fremantles
  2. ^ "Prominent alumni". Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  3. ^ Abraham, A.P. (November 1971). "Howard Walter Florey. Baron Florey of Adelaide and Marston. 1898-1968". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. 17: 265. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1971.0011. JSTOR 769709. PMID 11615426. S2CID 29766722.
  4. ^ Bud, Robert (May 2013). "Discoverers and developers of penicillin (act. 1928–1950)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/97279. Retrieved 15 October 2013. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  5. ^ Harris 1999, pp. 243–252.
  6. ^ Harris 1999, p. 249.


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