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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.[1] 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.[2] As part of testing, Jennings assayed the toxicity of penicillin extracts against white cells of the blood.[3]

Personal life

Jennings married Howard Florey in 1967 after the death of his first wife Mary Ethel Florey.[4]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Bud, Robert (May 2013). "Discoverers and developers of penicillin (act. 1928–1950)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ^ Harris 1999, pp. 243–252.
  4. ^ Harris 1999, p. 249.

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