Margaret Jennings (scientist)
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
As part of the team led by Howard Florey at the University of Oxford, Margaret Jennings was based at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology in the 1930s and 1940s. Jennings undertook animal work as well as research on bacteriology.[1] As part of testing, Jennings assayed the toxicity of penicillin extracts against white cells of the blood.[2]
Personal life
Jennings married Howard Florey in 1967 after the death of his first wife Mary Ethel Florey.[3]
References
- ^ 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, Henry (1999). "Howard Florey and the Development of Penicillin". Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London. 53 (2). The Royal Society: 243–252. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
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