Person Pickford; Lillian Mary (1902 - 2002); neuroendocrinologist Pickford Lillian Mary neuroendocrinologist 1902 - 2002 British Female Jubbulpore, Madhya Pradesh, India, Asia 14/08/1902 19020814 Winton Nursing Home, Nether Wallop, near Stockbridge, Hampshire, England 14/08/2002 20020814 Burial: King Sterndale, Derbyshire, England

Neuroendocrinologist Physiology Endocrinology Education: Early education via governess (1908); Hamilton House, Tunbridge Wells (1914); Wycombe Abbey School (1916); Bedford College, London (physiology, zoology, and chemistry) (1925) Career: Part-time teacher of history of science at University College, London (c. 1926); joined the Department of Pharmacology, where she worked with Ernest Basil Verney (FRS 1936) and Alfred Joseph Clark (FRS 1931); left University College, London, to pursue medical studies (1930s); returned to academia and was awarded the Beit Memorial Research Rellowship (1936); worked on the physiology of the kidney with Ernest Basil Verney at Cambridge University; spent university vacations working as a locum doctor in London and assisted patrol air-raid shelters and provided medical help (1939-1945); appointed lecturer in physiology at the Department of Physiology, Edinburgh medical school (1939-1972); retired (1972); held a special professorship of endoctrinology at Nottinghamshire University (1973-1983); moved to Derbyshire, later returning to Edinburgh; died of heart failure. Memberships: MRCS LRCP Pharmacological Society FRSE Physiological Society Fellow of University College, London Parents: Herbert Arthur Pickford (1861–1917), tea and indigo planter, and Lillian Alice Minnie, née Wintle (1873–1951). Distinguished for contributions on the release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) of the posterior pituitary gland and its modifications by water load and by activity of the anterior lobe of the pituitary. Established that ADH is released by the action of acetylcholine, a central action which probably occurs normally, and that the release of ADH and oxytocin always occurs simultaneously. Demonstrated that changes in the response of vascular and uterine smooth muscle to oxytocin occur both during oestrus and after blocking of sympathetic nervous activity. First woman to be elected to the Pharmacological Society in 1935. Second woman (after Elizabeth Wiskemann (1899-1971)) to be appointed to a medical professorship at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, having been awarded a personal chair in Physiology. She took a keen interested in the welfare of women students at Edinburgh University. As an accomplished painter, she founded the Edinburgh Women Artists group. Fellow 17/03/1966 63 Arthur St George Joseph McCarthy Huggett Ivan de Burgh Daly Ernest Basil Verney Alan Nigel Drury Wilhelm Siegmund Feldberg Edith Bülbring DNB Alan W Cuthbert ' A brief history of the British Pharmacological Soviety' , BJP [British Pharmacological Sciety] Volume 147 ((S1), January 2006 Pickford L M, GA WRS 9489.tif ©Godfrey Argent Studio International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsbm.2019.0008 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/action/doSearch?ContribAuthorRaw=Pickford%2C+Lillian+Mary RCN 20124 RCN R77415 https://pictures.royalsociety.org/results?mi_search_type=adv&mi_adv_search=yes&adv_person_id=AUTH6750 14 Aug 1902 - The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 07/01/2025 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA3988 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 08/09/2025 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes 0ccc10e3-d597-4672-a6b0-99b4ce475216